John Hutchins Cady research scrapbooks

The collection consists of eleven scrapbooks created by John Hutchins Cady. The scrapbooks are organized topically and include photographs, postcards, clippings and Photostats of buildings of architectural interest in Rhode Island with a strong emphasis on the City of Providence. The collection consists of eleven scrapbooks originally housed in three ring binders. The scrapbooks are organized topically and include photographs, postcards, clippings and photostats of buildings of architectural interest in Rhode Island. Most images are of the building exteriors although certain buildings include interior and landscape shots.
This collection is part of Providence Public Library Digital Collections, hosted by Providence Public Library.

Items in this collection

Page 554, West Warwick

Page 554, West Warwick

Providence Public Library

Blank page marked "Missing Sept 10, 1991" which included photographs of Lippitt Mill and the Crompton Mill office

Page 552, West Warwick

Page 552, West Warwick

Providence Public Library

Photographs of John Rice house (1789) in in Centreville and the LeValley house (1720)

Page 55, Exchange Place

Page 55, Exchange Place

Providence Public Library

Image of the site, still filled with rubble, where the Old Harrington Opera House once stood

Page 543, Warwick

Page 543, Warwick

Providence Public Library

Clipping of a photograph of the town hall clock in East Greenwich, which dates from 1886 and is a memorial to William Northup

Page 542, Warwick

Page 542, Warwick

Providence Public Library

Photograph of the home of Mrs. Alfred Reed in Cowesett, now known as Clouds Hill House

Page 540, Warwick

Page 540, Warwick

Providence Public Library

Clipping depicting the Amasa Sprague house in Warwick, now demolished

Page 54, Weybosset Street

Page 54, Weybosset Street

Providence Public Library

Clippings featuring images of Weybosset Street from two different eras, the later one taken in 1957.

Page 54, Exchange Place

Page 54, Exchange Place

Providence Public Library

Article detailing the removal of the Mechanic's National Bank clock (or Gibson's Clock)

Page 54, Benefit Street

Page 54, Benefit Street

Providence Public Library

Images of 240 Benefit Street, the Samuel Westcott house (1824), the courthouse, and Woods building, all since demolished

Page 536, Post Road

Page 536, Post Road

Providence Public Library

Photographs of house at 30 Post Road in Pawtuxet and the Rice-Arnold house at 3791 Post Road in Cowesett

Page 535, Manor Drive

Page 535, Manor Drive

Providence Public Library

Clipping of the residence of Frank Hail Brown on Manor Drive, an ancient mansion built just after the King Philip's War, and photograph of the James Greene house in Buttonwoods