Bandstand at Roger Williams Park in 1920 and 2021 - Providence, Rhode Island
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N 41° 46.992 W 071° 24.972
19T E 299211 N 4628527
An historical marker for the Bandstand at Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island, includes a photograph from 1920. Compare it to an image taken more than a hundred years later on October 11, 2021.
Waymark Code: WM153Y5
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2021
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An historical marker for the Bandstand on Roosevelt Lake at Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island, includes a photograph from over a century ago with the caption: "A crowd gathers on the hill and canoes idle by during an evening performance in 1920." Compare it to an image I took on the sunny morning of October 11, 2021, and you'll see it looks very much the same, thanks especially to renovations in 2019.
The original rotunda dated from the early 20th century and the current structure is a replica built in 1982. Slight differences you may notice are the lamp post globes and altered railings. Something which changed but you can't see in either photo: the pond's name. It was called Crystal Lake when the dome and columns were built in 1915.
Both pictures were taken from a vantage point across the narrowest part of the water, due east of the Bandstand. That location corresponds to the coordinates listed above:
41°46'59.5"N, 71°24'58.3"W