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Edwin L. Howland

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wrote of him and his work, "Mr. Howland was a man of sterling integrity, of untiring devotion to his profession, and honorable in the practice therof. Of much original genius, his later works show a remarkable increase in power of design and refinement of taste, and some of them deserve to rank with
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on June 5, 1838, to Edwin and Susan Howland. He attended the public schools, and entered Providence High School in 1852. After high school he worked for
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designs, predominantly churches. His Wilcox Building of 1875 is considered the best example of this type of architecture in the state.
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the best of the present generation ... let us so build that when we too pass on, each one of us may leave as clean a record behind".
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Narragansett Pier, Narragansett, Rhode Island: Statewide Historical Preservation Report W-N-1
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Equitable Building (1872) surrounded by Howland's Wilcox Building (1875), Providence.
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Proceedings of the 21st Annual Convention of the American Institute of Architects
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Proceedings of the 13st Annual Convention of the American Institute of Architects
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1873 - Pilgrim Congregational Church, 18 Harrison St, Providence, Rhode Island
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1868 - Federal Street Grammar School, 153 Dean St, Providence, Rhode Island
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Rhode Island
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1869 - Church of the Mediator, 101 Cranston St, Providence, Rhode Island
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1874 - Dutee Wilcox House, 643 Elmwood Ave, Providence, Rhode Island
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A Brief Sketch of the Establishment of the High School, Providence
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The Civic and Architectural Development of Providence, 1636-1950
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1874 - Durfee Building, 77 Dyer St, Providence, Rhode Island
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Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources
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William R. Walker's
architect
Rhode Island
Providence's
Pawtucket
Russell Warren
Hartford, Connecticut
William T. Hallett
New York
Calvert Vaux
James Murphy
American Institute of Architects
High Victorian Gothic
Charles P. Hartshorn
St. Peter's Church
Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island
First Universalist Church
Second Empire
Wilcox Building





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