Article by Diane Rhyu


History

Situated at the corner of Bridgham and Westminster Streets, the Dudley House rests in the Broadway-Armory National Historic District of Providence's West Side. As mid-19th century development of the West Side coincided with the Greek Revival Period in America, the majority of the homes on Westminster were built in this style in designs that often came from building guides such as Arthur Benjamin's Practice of Architecture, 1836. Among these homes is the Italianate-styled Dudley house, a two-story structure with a bracketed cornice, portico, window caps, and wooden columns. The house was built in 1857 by owner Charles Dudley, a dry goods businessman from South Providence who moved to the then rural neighborhood in 1855. At this time many new residences were being built along Westminster Street, representing the then emerging merchant middle-class move to the Armory District.
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