Image:Providence Worcester RR Freight House 145735pr.jpg

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This image is of a photocopy of what appears to be the original architectural drawing by Thomas Alexander Tefft of the south elevation of the Providence and Worcester Railroad freight house in Providence, Rhode Island. Built about 1847, the Romanesque-style structure was demolished about 1983. The image is contained in the HABS/HAER collection of the Library of Congress. The information describing the freight house pictures and drawings, of which this image is no. 21, follows:

TITLE: Providence & Worcester Railroad, Freight House, Canal Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

CALL NUMBER: HAER RI,4-PROV,176A-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: [See Call Number]

MEDIUM: Measured Drawing(s): 5 (24 x 36 in.) Photo(s): 22 (4 x 5 in.) Data Page(s): 2 plus cover page

DATE: Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR: Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S): Tefft, Thomas A. Providence & Worcester Railroad Penn Central Railroad New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad Clement, Daniel E., historian Renchaw, Clifford B., III., historian Harrington, Richard B., historian deBoer, Cornelis J., delineator

NOTE: Survey number HAER RI-3

Building/structure dates: 1847 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1847 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1847 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1847 demolished

HABSI.

SUBJECTS: RHODE ISLAND--Providence County--Providence freight houses brick buildings

OTHER TITLE: Providence & Worcester Railroad, South Freight House Providence & Worcester Railroad, Merchandise House Providence & Worcester Railroad, Depot Complex

COLLECTION: Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID: [1]

CONTENTS: Photograph caption(s): 1. South elevation from southwest 2. South elevation from southeast 3. South elevation detail of arch brick work 4. Southeast corner of building 5. Roof trusses at southend of building, wall of railroad viaduct visible at bottom 6. Southend of west elevation, railroad viaduct in upper left 7. Detail of east wall construction 8. East elevation from top of viaduct 9. East elevation 10. Central pavilion on east elevation 11. Central pavilion 12. Freight door, northeast corner of building 13. Interior of west wall at northend of building 14. Roof trusses, north end of building 15. West elevation, railroad viaduct visible to right 16. Central pavilion west side, note altered roof line on right 17. Detail of central pavilion gable on west elevation 18. Detail of cornice on west elevation 19. Construction detail, southeast pier. 20. Photocopy, north freight house 21. Photocopy, south freight house 22. Photocopy, window detail

CARD #: RI0345

[edit] Licensing

This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the United States National Park Service.
*Creator: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey, (or Historic American Engineering Record).
  • Source: U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, "Built in America" Collection: [{{{ImageURL}}} Image], [{{{RecordURL}}} Record] and [{{{CaptionURL}}} Caption].
  • Copyright: "The records in HABS/HAER were created for the U.S. Government and are considered to be in the public domain." [2]

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