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The John Brown House borders the campus of Brown University at 52 Power Street on College Hill in Providence, Rhode Island.Completed in 1788, it was the first mansion to be built in Providence and is named after its first owner, John Brown, a statesman, merchant, slave trader, and early benefactor of the University.
Inside the John Brown House, a Colonial gem forever tarnished by its connection to the Atlantic slave trade. New to RI: Grandeur and grim history under one roof at Providence's John Brown House ...
John Brown (January 27, 1736 – September 20, 1803) was an American merchant, politician and slave trader from Providence, Rhode Island.Together with his brothers Nicholas, Joseph and Moses, Brown was instrumental in founding Brown University (then known as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations) and moving it to their family's former estate in Providence.
John Brown House: Providence Providence Historic house 18th century period mansion, operated by the Rhode Island Historical Society: ... Rhode Island Radio Museum
The Rhode Island Historical Society is a privately endowed membership organization, founded in 1822, ... John Brown House Museum, (52 Power Street, Providence) ...
Brown hopes that moving the long-closed museum from Bristol to Providence's Jewelry District will make it more vital and accessible.
The Nightingale–Brown House is a historic house at 357 Benefit Street on College Hill in Providence, Rhode Island. It is home to the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage at Brown University. The house is architecturally significant as one of the largest surviving wood-frame houses of the 18th century, and is ...
John Brown House (Providence, Rhode Island) C. Chateau-sur-Mer; Chepstow (mansion) ... Whitehall Museum House; Whitehorne House Museum; Wilbor House This page was ...