William Truman Aldrich FAIA was an American architect and painter. Though primarily a residential architect, he is also known for large museum buildings in Providence, Rhode Island, Worcester, Massach
Aldrich during WW1
House for Rush Sturges, Providence, Rhode Island, 1922.
Temple to Music, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island, 1924.
Interior of the Eliza G. Radeke Building, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island, 1926.
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the 1890s, he was
William Truman Aldrich
…for large museum buildings in Providence, Rhode Island, Worcester, Massachusetts and elsewhere. William Truman Aldrich was born February 16, 1880, to Nelson W. Aldrich, United States Representative from Rhode Island from 1879 to 1881 and Senator from 1881 to 1911, and Abigail Pearce Truman Chapman. He graduated from…
Abigail Pearce Truman Chapman
Reformers hated and feared Senator Aldrich for killing reforms disliked by big business. 1906 Puck cartoon.
Taft tries to get progressive ideas into Aldrich