Slide Title
Preview
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.
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
Keywords
World War I Monument; Providence, Rhode Island; public sculpture; war memorial;
Notes
Jordy, Buildings of Rhode Island (Oxford, 2004) p 65
Woodward, Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources (Providence, 1986) p 200