Candace Allen House

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Candace Allen House
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Location12 Benevolent Street,
Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°49′29.4024″N71°24′15.3792″W / 41.824834000°N 71.404272000°W / 41.824834000; -71.404272000
Built1818
Architect John Holden Greene
Architectural styleFederal
Part of College Hill Historic District (ID70000019)
NRHP reference No. 73000062 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 11, 1973
Designated NHLDCPNovember 10, 1970

The Candace Allen House is a historic house located at 12 Benevolent Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. Named after Candace Allen (1785-1872) [2] an dauther of Zachariah Allen, a prominent Providence mill-owner.

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The Federal style house was built in 1818–1820 by local architect John Holden Greene and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is a brick two-story building with a hip roof topped by a small monitor section. It is five bays wide, with a center entry sheltered by a portico supported by Corinthian columns, and an elliptical window above. The interior follows a typical central-hall plan, and has elaborate interior detail including marble mantels, a U-shape stairway, ceiling cornices, undercut moldings, and walnut doors with silver hardware. [3]

Candace Allen (1785-1872) was the older sister of Zachariah Allen, a prominent Providence mill-owner and inventor. Her fiancé was killed in the War of 1812, and she did not ever marry. [4] The house was, as of its 1973 National Register listing, still in the hands of the Allen family. [5]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "Candace Allen House // Guide to Providence Architecture". guide.ppsri.org. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  3. "Allen, Candace, House (RI-169), supplemental material" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 27, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  4. Woodward, William McKenzie (2003). PPS/AIAri Guide to Providence Architecture. Providence, R.I.: Providence Preservation Society. ISBN   0-9742847-0-X.
  5. "NRHP nomination for Candace Allen House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved October 7, 2014.