Stone, Carpenter and Willson was a Providence, Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...

 based architectural

Architecture

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 firm in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. It was named for the partners Alfred E. Stone (1834–1908), Edmund R. Willson (1856–1906), and Charles E. Carpenter (1845–1923). The company designed a number of prominent structures in the region including several Brown University

Brown University

Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

 buildings.

Buildings

The firm designed a number of buildings in Providence including:

• Providence YMCA Building (1887)
• The William Wilkinson Building (aka the Lerner Building) (1887)
• Barrington Town Hall (1887–1888), a Tudor Revival, Late Victorian -story building, constructed with three flank gable units of varying height, with two circular towers. The basement, first and second stories of the towers are constructed of boulders.
• The Ladd Observatory
  Ladd Observatory
  The Ladd Observatory is an astronomical observatory of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. The observatory was dedicated in 1891 and is named for benefactor Herbert W. Ladd....
  
  (1891) at Brown University.
• Cranston Sockanosset Boys Training School Chapel (1891) in Cranston, Rhode Island
  Cranston, Rhode Island
  Cranston, once known as Pawtuxet, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. With a population of 80,387 at the 2010 census, it is the third largest city in the state. The center of population of Rhode Island is located in Cranston...
  
  . A stone building with a shingled porch, notable for being part of Rhode Island's first attempt to provide statewide social services through publicly supported and administered institutions.
• The Rhode Island Building (1893) at the World's Columbian Exposition
  World's Columbian Exposition
  The World's Columbian Exposition was a World's Fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Chicago bested New York City; Washington, D.C.; and St...
  
   in Chicago.
• The William Slade House (1895) in the Wayland Historic District containing intact leaded glass, staircase, inlaid floors and original cherry butler's pantry.
• Royal C. Taft
  Royal C. Taft
  Royal Chapin Taft was a US politician and businessman, whose most distinguished post was that as the 39th Governor of Rhode Island, an office he held from 1888–1889...
  
   house (1895), based on the Joseph Brown House (1774) of 50 South Main Street.
• Union Station (Providence)
  Union Station (Providence)
  Union Station describes two distinct defunct train stations in Providence, Rhode Island.The original Union Station was Providence's first, opening in 1847 to accommodate the needs of the newly thriving city. It was considered "a brilliant example of Romanesque architecture" in its time, and the...
  
  (1896–98), a Romanesque
  Romanesque Revival architecture
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   yellow brick construction, it was the longest building in America when it was built (at 700 feet long, although some claimed it was 625). With an octagonal pavilion on one end and two towers on the other, it also featured Railroad Hall.
• Old Stone Bank
  Old Stone Bank
  Old Stone Bank was a popular Rhode Island banking institution. Founded as a mutual savings bank, the Providence Institution for Savings, in 1819, it collapsed in the 1980s after the federal government convinced it to take over two failed savings and loan institutions, but reneged on its promise...
  
   (1896–98)
• Providence Public Library (1900) on Empire Street
• The Mason Building (1903) now part of Rhode Island School of Design.
• The Sayles Gymnasium (1906) at Brown University in red brick with terracotta trim, a style described as “modern English collegiate.”

• Strathglass Building (1906), 33 Hartford Street, Rumford Falls, Maine
• Pendleton House, a Georgian
  Georgian architecture
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   building at 224 Benefit Street that was designed to house the Charles L. Pendleton Collection of 18th century English and American furniture, paintings and art. The house was a foundational acquisition of the Rhode Island School of Design
  Rhode Island School of Design
  Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877. Located at the base of College Hill, the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and...
  
  . Charles Pendleton's 1904 bequest stipulated that the collection be safeguarded against fire. The architects complied, ordering a structure made of concrete, plaster, and ceramic tile.
• Robert W. Taft House (now King House) at 154 Hope Street, housing an undergraduate literary society.
• The Providence Telephone Company
  Providence Telephone Company
  The Providence Telephone Company is an historic building at 112 Union Street in Providence, Rhode Island.The early commercial, Renaissance building was constructed in 1893 by Stone, Carpenter & Wilson and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.-See also:*National Register of...
  
   Building, 112 Union St., Providence
• Old Rhode Island State House
  Old State House (Providence, Rhode Island)
  The Old State House on College Hill in Providence, Rhode Island, known also as Providence Sixth District Court House, Providence Colony House, Providence County House, or Rhode Island State House is located on 150 Benefit Street. It is a brick Georgian-style building completed largely in 1762...
  
  renovations.

Associated architects and draftsmen

• Norman Morrison Isham http://home.sprynet.com/~awb02/ham4.htm
• Walter F. Fontaine http://www.woonsocket.org/fontaine.html

External links

• Rhode Island Historical Society architectural drawing collection including Rhode Island architectural firm Stone, Carpenter and Wilson.