Candace Allen House
Candace Allen House | |
Candace Allen House 2012 front view | |
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Location | Providence, Rhode Island |
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Coordinates | 41°49′29.4024″N 71°24′15.3792″W / 41.824834000°N 71.404272000°WCoordinates: 41°49′29.4024″N 71°24′15.3792″W / 41.824834000°N 71.404272000°W |
Built | 1818 |
Architect | John Holden Greene |
Architectural style | Federal |
Part of | College Hill Historic District (#70000019) |
NRHP Reference # | 73000062[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 11, 1973 |
Designated NHLDCP | November 10, 1970 |
The Candace Allen House is an historic house at 12 Benevolent Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island.
The Federal style house was built in 1818-1820 by local architect John Holden Greene and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is a brick two story building with a hip roof topped by a small monitor section. It is five bays wide, with a center entry sheltered by a portico supported by Corinthian columns, and an elliptical window above. The interior follows a typical central-hall plan, and has elaborate interior detail including marble mantels, a U-shape stairway, ceiling cornices, undercut moldings, and walnut doors with silver hardware.[2]
Candace Allen was the older sister of Zachariah Allen, a prominent Providence mill-owner and inventor. Her fiance was killed in the War of 1812, and she did not ever marry.[3] The house was, as of its 1973 National Register listing, still in the hands of the Allen family.[4]
Gallery
- 2012 Main (front) Entrance
- 1958 SOUTH (FRONT) AND EAST ELEVATIONS
- 1958 MAIN ENTRANCE PORCH ON SOUTH (FRONT)
- 1958 MAIN STAIRWAY FROM FIRST FLOOR HALLWAY
- 1958 ENTRANCE HALL SHOWING INSIDE OF MAIN DOORWAY
- 1958 FIREPLACE IN DINING ROOM
- 1958 FIREPLACE IN SOUTHEAST PARLOR
- 1958 WINDOW IN SOUTH WALL OF SOUTHEAST PARLOR
- 1958 SOUTHEAST PARLOR SHOWING NORTHEAST PARLOR BEYOND
- 1958 FIREPLACE IN NORTHEAST PARLOR
- 1958 BACK STAIRWAY
- 1958 SECOND FLOOR HALLWAY LOOKING TOWARD TRIPARTITE WINDOW OVER MAIN ENTRANCE
See also
References
- ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Allen, Candace, House (RI-169), supplemental material" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress.
- ↑ Woodward, William McKenzie (2003). PPS/AIAri Guide to Providence Architecture. Providence, R.I.: Providence Preservation Society. ISBN 097428470X.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for Candace Allen House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-07.
External links
- Media related to Candace Allen House at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. RI-169, "Candace Allen House, 12 Benevolent Street, Providence, Providence County, RI", 13 photos, 6 data pages, supplemental material
- HABS No. RI-170, "Candace Allen Coach House, 12 Benevolent Street, Providence, Providence County, RI", 1 photo, supplemental material