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 65, Benefit Street

Page 65, Benefit Street

Providence Public Library

Clippings with images and descriptions of the Providence Athenaeum, including the history involving Edgar Allan Poe and his tryst with Sarah Ellen Whitman

Page 65, Benefit Street

Page 65, Benefit Street

Providence Public Library

Images of John Low house (before 1798) at 380 Benefit Street and the John Carter Brown house, former home of the John Carter Brown library

Page 64, Providence

Page 64, Providence

Providence Public Library

Conclusion of the article in The Netopian about the history of the construction of bridges on the Providence River

Page 64, Providence

Page 64, Providence

Providence Public Library

Spread from The Netopian featuring diagram of the Providence River channel and the Weybosset Bridge (c. 1875)

Page 64, Providence

Page 64, Providence

Providence Public Library

Spread from The Netopian featuring view of Providence taken from the upper floors of the Hospital Trust Building and diagram of the Providence River

Page 64, Providence

Page 64, Providence

Providence Public Library

First page of an article from The Netopian featuring the story of the Crawford Street Bridge

Page 64, Charlestown

Page 64, Charlestown

Providence Public Library

Top: Clipping of a photograph of the First Baptist Church in Cross Mill. Bottom: Photograph of Ninigret Lodge

Page 64, Benefit Street

Page 64, Benefit Street

Providence Public Library

Detail of the bronze knocker on the door at 310 Benefit Street and photograph of the exteriors of 312 and 306-310 Benefit Street

Page 63, Taber Avenue

Page 63, Taber Avenue

Providence Public Library

Photograph of the stable erected c. 1895, probably by Walter L. Burt, in the rear of 30 Taber Avenue

Page 63, Exchange Place

Page 63, Exchange Place

Providence Public Library

Clipping from 1947 announcing the high pressure cleaning of City Hall for the first time in 21 years

Page 63, Charlestown

Page 63, Charlestown

Providence Public Library

Clipping depicting the Perry Homestead, home of Oliver Hazard Perry and Matthew Galbraith Perry

Page 63, Benefit Street

Page 63, Benefit Street

Providence Public Library

Images of the Providence County Court House and the interior of the Providence Athenaeum

Page 62, Charlestown

Page 62, Charlestown

Providence Public Library

Newspaper clippings detailing information about the royal burying ground of the Narragansett tribe overlooking Green Hill Pond. Dated 1942.

Page 61, West Beach Road

Page 61, West Beach Road

Providence Public Library

Top photograph (missing) of Clarke House, Kenyon. Bottom image of Sheffield House on West Beach Road.

Page 61, Orchard Avenue; Stimson Avenue

Photographs of the stables on the estates of E.D. Humphrey, 72 Orchard Avenue, and Joseph E. Fletcher, 19 Stimson Avenue, both built c. 1895

Page 61, Market Square

Page 61, Market Square

Providence Public Library

Clippings featuring views of Market Square and the business district from the court house. Top image dates back to 1898.

Page 61, Exchange Place

Page 61, Exchange Place

Providence Public Library

Clipping of a photograph of soldier's monument and of Exchange Place in 1883, looking east toward the old railroad station.