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 241, Mathewson Street; Maiden Lane

Architectural drawing of the Emery Theater planned for Mathewson Street and clipping with a view of Maiden Lane and the Franklin Dye House

Page 241, Little Compton

Page 241, Little Compton

Providence Public Library

Postcards depicting the Captain Robert Grey House and the Grinell Cottage and "garden center"

Page 240, Weybosset Street

Page 240, Weybosset Street

Providence Public Library

Image of a man with top hat and cane in the foreground, and a woman, facing away from the camera, in the background.

Page 240, Cooke Street

Page 240, Cooke Street

Providence Public Library

Clipping announcing the sale of a 15-room house at 87 Cooke Street and its conversion to a dormitory for Bryant College

Page 24, Providence

Page 24, Providence

Providence Public Library

Clipping from "Now and Then in R.I." from 1948 featuring the Providence skyline from the top of the State House dome

Page 24, Poppasquash Road

Page 24, Poppasquash Road

Providence Public Library

Clippings featuring images of "Hey Bonnie Hall", built in 1865 by William DeWolf, and an old Colonial residence

Page 24, Beacon Avenue

Page 24, Beacon Avenue

Providence Public Library

Clipping regarding the "Auntie Gray" house (1756) and photograph of 18, 22, and 26 Beacon Avenue

Page 24, Angell Street

Page 24, Angell Street

Providence Public Library

Photographs and clippings of the Central Congregational Church on Angell Street

Page 239, Weybosset Street

Page 239, Weybosset Street

Providence Public Library

Clipping outlining the plans for expanding the Providence National Bank building and image of the exterior of the City Hotel (1832)

Page 239, Little Compton

Page 239, Little Compton

Providence Public Library

Postcard of the Betty Alden House and clipping depicting the cemetery of the Union Congregational Church

Page 239, Congdon Street

Page 239, Congdon Street

Providence Public Library

Clipping from an August 1956 edition of the Providence Sunday Journal featuring a nearly completed ranch house on Congdon Street, "reflecting a demand for East Side land"

Page 239, Congdon Street

Page 239, Congdon Street

Providence Public Library

Architectural drawing of the cottage for Mr. Sanford C. Hovey at 173 Congdon Street

Page 238, Weybosset Street

Page 238, Weybosset Street

Providence Public Library

Architectural drawing of the city's first Colonial design bank, proposed home of the Old Colony Co-Operative Bank, to be erected on the site formerly occupied by Blanding & Blanding on Weybosset Street

Page 237, Weybosset Street

Page 237, Weybosset Street

Providence Public Library

Images of Weybosset Street, one taken from the roof of the Industrial Trust Building, c. 1900