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In 1946 Cull returned to private practice. He and fellow architect Knight D. Robinson acquired the practice of the late mill architect Eugene B. Whipple, forming the partnership of Cull & Robinson. Whipple had established his practice in 1927 after the dissolution of his former firm, Perry &
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Gregorian Elementary School (1954), the first modern school in Providence. Cull remained senior partner of the firm until his death in 1956. His partners
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Robinson, Green & Beretta with the addition of Joseph A. Beretta. In 1970 the partners incorporated the firm as The Robinson Green Beretta Corporation, or RGB Architects, which is still in business in 2024.
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Edwin Emory Cull was born
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The Edmund J. Sullivan residence in
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The Alice H. Moran residence in
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Whipple. Robinson was a Providence native who had been educated at
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Blackstone Boulevard Realty Plat Historic District NRHP Nomination
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1954 – Vartan Gregorian Elementary School, 455 Wickenden St,
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The work of the partnership reflected Robinson and Green's
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before opening his own office in Providence in 1948.
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