All posts tagged "Architecture"
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9.8K6Arts and LeisureDoris Duke, the Last Gilded Age Socialite of Newport
In 1925 at the age of 12, Doris Duke became the richest little girl in the world. She was the only child...
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8.7K5Business and LaborThe Wilton Meetinghouse Collapse of 1773
The festive raising of the Wilton meetinghouse turned to tragedy in 1773 when a worm-eaten support post gave way. All 53 of...
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51.8K20Business and Labor6 of the Oldest Houses in New England
To make a claim for the oldest houses in New England inevitably invites controversy. The region has plenty of very old houses,...
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3.2KBusiness and LaborFarmers New Year Begins on March 25
A real old farmer’s almanac would have started on March 25, sometimes called Farmers New Year. Many New England farmers kept to...
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8.2K1Arts and LeisureHelen Metcalf, The Mom Who Founded RISD With Some Leftover Dough
In 1877, a Providence mom named Helen Metcalf persuaded her women’s club to spend money left over from a fair to found...
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7.4K9Arts and LeisureFemale Impersonator Julian Eltinge Gets His Start in Boston’s Gay ’90s
The rise of female impersonator Julian Eltinge was a twist on the old story of instant stardom, in which an agent/producer spots...
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7.6K4Business and LaborElizabeth Jarvis Colt Survives To Make the Colt .45
As the Civil War raged in 1862, 35-year-old Elizabeth Jarvis Colt suddenly lost her beloved husband and year-old daughter to illness. A...
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11.9K6Arts and LeisureBeatrix Farrand Breaks the (Green) Glass Ceiling
Famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted in 1893 dismissed 21-year-old Beatrix Farrand as a dilettante gardener, but six years later she had...
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22.5K28ConnecticutMiss Porter’s School Finishes Socialites, Scholars and a First Lady
The educational reformer founded Miss Porter’s School in 1843 could not have imagined the fame, fortune, scandal and accomplishment her students would...
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6.2K12Arts and LeisureFlashback Photos: Samuel McIntire, Ingenious Man of Salem
Samuel McIntire, who was born and died in poverty, created so many fine Federal style buildings in Salem, Mass., that an entire historic district is...
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