marsden jasael perry: a man of excessive taste (findagrave.com)
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Marsden Jasael Perry: A Man of Excessive Taste
(findagrave.com)
BiographyBorn in Rehoboth, MA, 1850Home schooled until age 12Left home for BostonCame to Rhode Island at 21 and made his fortune:
public utilitiesrailroadsBanking
Aspirations to old money
His CollectionsPerry was an avid collector
Chippendale furniturePorcelainsSilverSenators (just kidding!)Shakespeareana
In 1875, R. H. Ives granted the JBH along with the abutting homestead he had built in its yard to Elizabeth Amory Ives, his daughter, and her husband, William Gammell (Brown University Library)
After the death of her husband, Elizabeth gave the property to her two daughters who both married Englishmen (Providence Journal)
Robert Ives Gammell, the fourth son, continued living in the homestead abutting the JBH yard, just now coming to light
However Perry destroyed it soon after its purchase.
Change in the JBHChange in the JBH
Marsden Perry’s Revisions1. He demolished the Hale Ives
house2. He effected several major
renovations to the JBH itself
Part I: The Hale Ives House
(2008 Site Report)
Hard Evidence
Problems
• Last year’s unit identified more contexts before hitting Feature 7 (pictured below)
• But there were consistencies in the soil content
Part II: The John Brown House
Perry’s Excessive Taste
• Perry redecorated the house in the Colonial Revival style– Marble pergola– bathrooms
Perry’s Late RenovationsPerry’s Late Renovations
(accd.edu)
Spanish leather with gilt detailingPainted over walls in whiteElevator installedA few miscellaneous
things
(accd.edu)
No Riders!No Riders!
Special Thanks
• To Dan Santos• To Kirsten Hammerstrom• To Lee Teverow and the staff at the RIHS
Library
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