Article by Sarah Barrett


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When General Ambrose Burnside returned from the Civil War, he and his wife Mary Bishop bought a plot of land on the corner of Planet and Benefit Streets. He hired architect Alfred Stone to design a house that could accommodate this steep plot. Stone had had a private practice in Providence since 1864, and several years after designing the Burnside House, he became part of Stone, Carpenter, & Willson and he is now known as the most prominent Providence Architect at the end of the 19 th century.

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