Newport Daily News
Despite a restriction on outside visitors, Salve Regina University’s Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery has a new exhibit on display: a series of 30 drawings depicting familiar Newport streets as they appeared during the early 20th century..
The drawings, drafted by lifetime Aquidneck Island resident John Howard Benson, were commissioned by The Newport Daily News for its annual calendar. The gallery walls display one drawing per year in chronological order, the main subject of each being a building in Newport. Some of the buildings depicted are long gone, while some are still-standing, such as White Horse Tavern and Newport Tower.