Providence in colonial times . Isom tfdi 86 p8vi Ai grafibA -/orrfr/O nrfoT vd ot FrjiToHi ? y;;£{ I ifiifj noiariBin oi&^/v .w. .njitrCl:,A 8iUiW Y<J ?. Trovidence Houses 3^7 on Power Street was designed by his brother, JosephBrown. Joseph was a man of scholarly, rather thancommercial aptitudes. He is said to have lent a handin designing the First Baptist Church. He alsoworked on the design of the Old Market House at thefoot of College Street, now known as the Board ofTrade. This building was put up in 1773. It wasoriginally of two stories. The windows in the groundfloor now take the place
Providence in colonial times . Isom tfdi 86 p8vi Ai grafibA -/orrfr/O nrfoT vd ot FrjiToHi ? y;;£{ I ifiifj noiariBin oi&^/v .w. .njitrCl:,A 8iUiW Y<J ?. Trovidence Houses 3^7 on Power Street was designed by his brother, JosephBrown. Joseph was a man of scholarly, rather thancommercial aptitudes. He is said to have lent a handin designing the First Baptist Church. He alsoworked on the design of the Old Market House at thefoot of College Street, now known as the Board ofTrade. This building was put up in 1773. It wasoriginally of two stories. The windows in the groundfloor now take the place of the market-stalls. In1797, permission was given to the Order of FreeMasons, to which almost every man of wealth andsocial consideration in town belonged, to add a thirdstory. This was to be held as their own property. Besides these buildings, Joseph Brown designedhis own home at 72 South Main Street, a little southof College Hill. It is a beautiful old house, now oc-cupied by the Providence Bank. The doorway wasoriginally on the level of the second story, and wasreached by a long flight of steps from either side ofthe central landing. The street
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