Stone, Carpenter, and Willson
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Stone, Carpenter and Willson named for Alfred E. Stone (1834 - 1908), Edmund R. Willson (1856-1906), and Charles E. Carpenter (1845 - 1923) (all dates from Society of Architectural Historians) was a Providence, Rhode Island architectural firm in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
[edit] Buildings
The firm was responsible for a number of fine buildings in Providence.
- Pendleton House, a Georgian building at 224 Benefit Street, designed to house the Charles L. Pendleton Collection of 18th c. English and American furniture, paintings and art, which was a foundational acquisition of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Charles Pendleton's 1904 bequest stipulated that the collection be safeguarded against fire. The architects complied, ordering a structure made of concrete, plaster, and ceramic tile. Pictured at [1] See also: [2]
- The Royal C. Taft house (1895), based on the Joseph Brown House (1774) of 50 South Main Street
- Union Station (Providence) (1896-98), a "distinctive yellow brick" edifice widely considered “a brilliant example of Romanesque architecture.” It was then the longest building in America, at a disputed 700 feet long (some claimed it was 625). Flanked by two graceful towers on one end, and an octagonal pavilion on the other, it featured Railroad Hall, which was to house many public meetings, such as one addressed by not-yet-nominated presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln. (Excerpted from: [3])
- Old Stone Bank (1896-98)
- The Providence Public Library (1900) on Empire Street
- Robert W. Taft House (now King House) at 154 Hope Street, housing an undergraduate literary society.
- Providence YMCA Building (1887)
- The 1903 Mason Building now part of RISD.
- The 1887 William Wilkinson Building (aka the Lerner Building) [4]
- The Providence Telephone Company building, National Register of Historic Places listed 1983, Building #83000002 [5] 112 Union St., Providence
- Barrington Town Hall (1887-1888), a Tudor Revival, Late Victorian one and a half story building, constructed with three flank gable units of varying height, with two circular towers. The basement, first and second stories of the towers are constructed of boulders. [6] Added 1976 to National Register of Historic Places, #76000198 [7]
- The 1893 Rhode Island Building at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago[8]
- The 1891 chapel (now minus the infirmary wing, which was destroyed by fire in the 1970s) in stone, with a shingled porch "one of the most handsome buildings at the Howard Complex" of the "Howard Reservation", Rhode Island's first attempt to provide statewide social services through publicly supported and administered institutions, in Cranston, RI.[9]
- The c. 1895 William Slade House in the Wayland Historic District containing intact leaded glass, staircase, inlaid floors and original cherry butler's pantry. Pictured at: [10]
- The 1906 Sayles Gymnasium at Brown Universsity in red brick with terra cotta trim, a style described as “modern English collegiate.”[11]
- 1873 renovations [12], and 1891-92 renovations of the Old Rhode Island State House. [13]
- Brown University's Ladd Observatory (1891)
[edit] Resources
- [14] Rhode Island Historical Society architectural drawing collection including "renowned" Rhode Island architectural firms and architects like... Stone, Carpenter and Wilson..."
