Slide Title

The World War I Monument by Paul P. Cret

Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College
Paul P. Cret
C.P. Jennewein
Janet de Coux

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Date

Summer 8-1978

Description

The World War I Monument designed and created by architect Paul P. Cret and sculptors C.P. Jennewein and Janet de Coux stands before the Providence County Courthouse on Benefit St. The monument, originally located in Post Office Square (renamed Memorial Square at the sculpture dedication) was created in 1926 as the result of a competition for a monument to memorialize those who served and died in World War I.

Notes

Jordy, Buildings of Rhode Island (Oxford, 2004) p 65

Woodward, Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources (Providence, 1986) p 200

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Creator 2 Role

Architect

Creator 3 Role

Sculptor

Creator 4 Role

Sculptor

Building Type

Public sculpture

Building Style

Beaux-Arts

Subject Headings

Architecture -- War memorials -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Architecture -- Monuments -- Public scuplture;

Country Name

United States of America

Region Name

Rhode Island

City Name

Providence

Street Address

250 Benefit St.

Recommended Citation

Smolski, Chet; Cret, Paul P.; Jennewein, C.P.; and de Coux, Janet, "The World War I Monument by Paul P. Cret" (1978). Browse All. 299.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/299