Lloyd W. Kent

Lloyd Willington Kent (1907-1991) was an American architect from Providence, Rhode Island. With work based in modernist theory, Kent and his firms designed many Rhode Island civic buildings during the mid-twentieth century.

Perkins Hall, Brown University, Providence, RI. 1960.
College of Engineering, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI. 1967-69.

Lloyd W. Kent was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1907. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1929 and MIT in 1932, with additional training at Fontainebleau later that year. He worked for Hood & Fouilhoux in New York City and Edwin E. Cull in Providence, before opening his own office in Providence in 1937.[1]

In 1938 it became Kent & Aldrich with the addition of David Aldrich. in 1939 another partner was added, William F. Cruise. The partnership would remain the same until 1946, when Philip D. Creer, director of architecture at RISD, became partner.[2] At the same time, engineer Arthur Mather, Jr. became partner, the firm then being Creer, Kent, Mather, Cruise & Aldrich. Mather left in 1953, when the partnership was reduced to Creer, Kent, Cruise & Aldrich. In 1956 Creer was selected as the head of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin. Despite this, Creer's business connections were maintained, and were not severed until 1959.[3] Once again known as Kent, Cruise & Aldrich, the firm was maintained as such until 1962, when Aldrich left to practice independently. The firm was then known as Kent, Cruise & Associates until 1968, when it became Kent, Cruise & Partners.[3] The firm survived at least until 1993.

Architectural works

Kent & Aldrich, 1938-1939:

  • 1939 - John J. Gilbert House (Remodeling), 200 Arlington Ave., Providence, Rhode Island. Originally built in 1901.[4]

Kent, Cruise & Aldrich, 1939-1946:

Creer, Kent, Mather, Cruise & Aldrich, 1946-1953:

  • 1948 - Y. M. C. A. Building, 95 High St., Westerly, Rhode Island. Demolished.[6]
  • 1949 - Valley View, 11 West Dr., Providence, Rhode Island. The earliest of many projects for the Providence Housing Authority.[7]
  • 1950 - Admiral Terrace, Admiral & Fillmore Sts., Providence, Rhode Island. PHA project.[8]
  • 1950 - Codding Court, 142 Dodge St., Providence, Rhode Island. PHA project.[9]
  • 1951 - Hartford Park, 335 Hartford Ave., Providence, Rhode Island. PHA project. Partially demolished.[10]
  • 1951 - Y. M. C. A. Building (Lobby), 160 Broad St., Providence, Rhode Island.[7]
  • 1952 - Eden Park Elementary School, Oakland Ave., Cranston, Rhode Island.[1]
  • 1953 - Rhode Island Veterans Home, 480 Metacom Ave., Bristol, Rhode Island.[11]

Creer, Kent, Cruise & Aldrich, 1953-1959:

Kent, Cruise & Aldrich, 1959-1962:

  • 1960 - Perkins Hall, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Built as Gardner Hall for Bryant College, which vacated its Providence campus in 1969.[8]
  • 1961 - Dexter Manor, 100 Broad St., Providence, Rhode Island. PHA project.[16]

Kent, Cruise & Associates, 1962-1968:

Kent, Cruise & Partners, from 1968:

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References
  1. American Architects Directory. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1955.
  2. "Philip Creer: An Inventory of his Papers, 1927-1990". http://www.lib.utexas.edu/. n.d. web.
  3. American Architects Directory. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1970.
  4. Historic and Architectural Resources of the East Side, Providence: A Preliminary Report. 1989.
  5. Woonsocket, Rhode Island: Statewide Historic Preservation Report P-W-1. 1976.
  6. Engineering News-Record 1948: 172.
  7. Cady, John Hutchins. The Civic and Architectural Development of Providence, 1636-1950. 1957.
  8. American Architects Directory. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1962.
  9. Fueloil and Oil Heat 1951: 101.
  10. Engineering News-record 1951: 82.
  11. Engineering News Record 1953: 418.
  12. "Dartmouth High School". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web
  13. Engineering News-Record 1957: 122.
  14. Engineering News-record 1958: 93.
  15. Engineering News-record 1959: 69.
  16. Contractors and Engineers Magazine 1962: 128.
  17. Progressive Architecture 1967: 107.
  18. Jordy, William H. Buildings of Rhode Island. 2004.
  19. Catholic School Journal Sept. 1968: 67.
  20. Rhode Island: State-Owned Historic Properties. 1989.
  21. Engineering News-Record 1974: 34.
  22. Engineering News-Record 1976: 36.
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