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Date
January 1983
Description
On Roosevelt Lake behind the Casino at Roger Williams Park sits the bandstand (John Hutchins Cady, 1915). According to Jordy, this classical revival structure has an “open, colonnaded Ionic rotunda as the climax of a metal-fenced, masonry platform for folding chairs.” J.H. Cady was a graduate a 1902 graduate of Brown University who became a renowned historical preservationist and architectural historian.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Dates
1915
Creator 2 Role
Architect
Building Type
Park
Building Style
Classical Revival
Subject Headings
Urban parks -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Open spaces -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Roger Williams Park (Providence, RI); Achitecture, Classical revival -- Rhode Island -- Providence
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Providence
Street Address
950 Elmwood Ave.
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet and Cady, John Hutchins, "Roger Williams Park: Bandstand behind the Casino (2 of 2)" (1983). Browse All. 90.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/90
Keywords
parks, Roger Williams Park, bandstand, classical revival, John Hutchins Cady
Notes
Bibliography: Jordy, William H. Buildings of Rhode Island. Oxford, 2004, pp. 132-133. Woodward, W.M. McKenzie. PPS/AlAri Guide to Providence Architecture. Providence Preservation Society, 2003. pp. 145-147.