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 39, Elmwood Avenue

Page 39, Elmwood Avenue

Providence Public Library

Clipping with a story about the coat of arms on the gabling of 339 Elmwood Avenue

Page 39, Dartmouth Avenue; Parkis Avenue

Photographs of the barn adjacent to the J.H. Wilkinson house at 88 Dartmouth Avenue erected c. 1875 and on the estate of Walter J. Comstock at 13 Parkis Avenue c. 1878-80.

Page 39, Colt Drive

Page 39, Colt Drive

Providence Public Library

Clippings featuring the Marble Palace given to the town of Bristol by Samuel P. Colt in 1906 and Colt Farm

Page 386, North Kingstown

Page 386, North Kingstown

Providence Public Library

Photographs of the Smith Block House annex, Cocumcussoc, 68 Main Street, and 108 West Main Street in Wickford

Page 383, North Kingstown

Page 383, North Kingstown

Providence Public Library

Photographs of the Robinson house and Casey house in Saunderstown, and the Jeffrey Davis house in Davisville

Page 382, Prospect Terrace

Page 382, Prospect Terrace

Providence Public Library

Photograph of the Roger Williams monument and drawing of the view of Providence from Prospect Park circa 1886

Page 382, North Kingstown

Page 382, North Kingstown

Providence Public Library

Photographs of the interior and exterior of the Jeffrey Davis house in Davisville

Page 380, North Kingstown

Page 380, North Kingstown

Providence Public Library

Clippings of a photograph of a 10-room Colonial house built in 1809 and the North Kingstown Town Farm

Page 38, Providence

Page 38, Providence

Providence Public Library

Clipping from "Now and Then in R.I." featuring a view of downtown Providence