[Government building (Custom House and Court Room") Broad Street and Long Wharf Street Post Office Providence – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with [Government building (Custom House and Court Room") Broad Street and Long Wharf Street Post Office Providence, a historic print rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Government building (Custom House and Court Room") Broad Street and Long Wharf Street Post Office Providence
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A longitudinal section cuts a building lengthwise, so this drawing shows the interior arrangement of the Providence government building at Broad and Long Wharf Streets: the post office and customs functions on the lower floors and the courtroom above, along with the spaces and heights between them. Federal buildings like this combined a post office, customs house, and courtroom under one roof, reflecting how the national government handled commerce, mail, and justice in port cities during the nineteenth century. Drawings of this kind were used by the Treasury Department's architects and contractors to plan construction and check room sizes, ceiling heights, and stair placement. The section gives a clearer picture of the building's internal organization than a street-facing view would.
| Created / published | 2002709100 |
|---|---|
| Medium | Rhode Island. Longitudinal section]" |
| Genre | Design |
| Notes | ADE - UNIT 2340, no. 11 (C size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items) |
| Subjects | For information see Architecture |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,235 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150231 |
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