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In the 1950s and 60s Mosher & Son were hired to design two schools in
Providence. First of these was the old Vocational Technical School of Rhode Island, of 1955. Now demolished, this was a spread-out International Style campus, in a dense neighborhood north of downtown. Second was the Harry
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Mosher designed a number of buildings for parochial schools throughout the region. In 1951 Mosher designed St. Augustine's School in
Providence, a severe Jacobethan Revival building, though it exemplifies the asymmetry of mid-20th century design. In 1958 Mosher & Son designed the Immaculate
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building. It has been altered, but maintains its proportions. Also designed in 1946 but not completed for several more years was the
Congregation Ahavath Sholom synagogue in Providence. Completed in 1949, it was Mosher's first
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Bedford. It is devoid of ornament, with the exception of a stylized panel above the main entrance on Davis Street. That same year they designed Raymond Hall, the second dormitory built on the
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had begun the church in 1933, but only built the basement. Here, Mosher combined several
Italian and Spanish precedents for his design, for a Mediterranean feel. The following year he built Sacred Heart, at
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