Redwood Library and Athenaeum
- Address: 50 Bellevue Ave
- Vicinity: Old Beach Rd
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1747/00/00 | Abraham Redwood | Benefactor | The Company of the Redwood Library is founded by Abraham Redwood and 45 colonists. Redwood donates 500 pounds silver for the purchase 751 used books from London. Volumes include how to build a latrine, cidermaking and bee keeping. | |||
1750/00/00 | Peter Harrison | Architect | Designed in the Georgian-Palladian style, the original room of the Redwood Library, the Harrison Room, is built 1748 to 1750. The facade on Bellevue Ave is based on a plate in Edward Hoppus' "Andrea Palladio's Architecture" published in 1735. | |||
1750/00/00 | Edward Hoppus | Author | Designed in the Georgian-Palladian style, the original room of the Redwood Library, the Harrison Room, is built 1748 to 1750. The facade on Bellevue Ave is based on a plate in Edward Hoppus' "Andrea Palladio's Architecture" published in 1735. | |||
1755/00/00 | Ezra Stiles | Work | Rev Ezra Stiles works as Librarian of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum. | |||
1833/00/00 | The Company of the Redwood Library becomes The Company of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum. | |||||
1858/00/00 | George Snell | Architect | The Roderick Terry Reading Room is added to the Redwood Library, Newport. | |||
1875/00/00 | George C Mason Sr | Architect | The Rovensky Delivery Room is built at the Redwood Library and Athenaeum. The collections are in closed stacks, and when a book is requested, the librarian retrieves it and brings it to the member in the delivery room. | |||
1915/00/00 | Norman M Isham | Architect | Architect Norman Isham restorers the Harrison room to its original eighteenth century appearance. |
Particulars for Redwood Library and Athenaeum: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
Historic Use | Library |
Level of Significance | National |
Architectural Style | Palladian |
Owner | Private |
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