Constance Witherby Park is an historic park at 210 Pitman Street, Wayland, Providence, Rhode Island.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Constance Witherby Park | |
 Constance Witherby Park in 2013 | |
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| Location | Providence, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°49′39″N 71°23′02″W / 41.82739°N 71.38378°W |
| Built | 1929 |
| Architect | Thomas, Ernest K. |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000005 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 25, 1975 |
The park was donated in 1929 by Mr. and Mrs. S. Foster Hunt in memory of Mrs. Hunt's daughter by her first marriage Constance Witherby (1913–1929).[3] It was landscaped by then-Superintendent of Parks Ernest K. Thomas. The park occupies the space between Waterman Street and Pitman Avenue, across from the Salvation Army. It is a small, heavily wooded park (just over 100,000 square feet)[3] with many trees and a few park benches.
The centerpiece of the park was once a bronze sculpture, called "A Memorial to Young Womanhood (or The Spirit of Youth)", by sculptor Gail Sherman Corbett (1871 – 1952). The sculpture depicted a young girl wearing a windblown dress, in homage to the spirit of young Constance[3] who died of heart failure just before her 16th birthday while climbing in the Swiss Alps.
The statue was dedicated in 1933[3] and removed sometime "towards the end of the 20th Century".[4] The sculpture was moved to its new home on Blackstone Boulevard near its intersection with Clarendon St.[4]
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General area where sculpture "A Memorial to Young Womanhood" once stood -
Stone base where sculpture once stood -
"A Memorial to Young Womanhood" was relocated to Blackstone Boulevard in the late 20th century
See also
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edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Rhode Island NRHP list
- ^ a b c d RI Historical Society
- ^ a b "The Parks / Statue". Blackstone Parks Conservancy. Providence, Rhode Island. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
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