Slide Title
Preview
Date
3-1974
Description
One of America's grandest mansions when completed in 1788, the house at 52 Power Street was home first to John Brown, a businessman, patriot, politician, China Trade pioneer and slave trader who participated in the debates and practices that shaped the new nation and the world. It was the home of John Brown's daughters and their families; the winter residence of the elegant Gammell family during the second half of the nineteenth century; the formidable mansion of Providence utility, real estate and trolley mogul, Marsden Perry in the early twentieth century. Today this magnificent and elegant building serves as a place in which the public can learn about these men and women who helped to create Rhode Island's capital city.
Building Type
Mansion
Subject Headings
Architecture -- American -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Historic buildings -- Rhode Island -- Providence;
Country Name
United States of America
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Providence
Street Address
52 Power St.
Recommended Citation
"John Brown House" (1974). Smolski Images. 256.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/256
Keywords
museum; mansion; John Brown; Providence; Rhode Island
Notes
http://www.rihs.org/Museums.html