Antoinette Downing
American historian
About Antoinette Downing
Lived 1904 – 2001 (aged 96). Antoinette Downing was an architectural historian.
Antoinette Forrester Downing (July 14, 1904 – May 9, 2001) was an American architectural historian and preservationist who wrote the standard reference work on historical houses in Rhode Island. She is credited with spearheading a movement that saved many of Providence's historic buildings from demolition in the mid 20th century and for her leadership was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 1978.
Biography Antoinette Forrester was born in Paxton, Illinois, in 1904, to Jay and Myrtle E. (Hartley) Forrester.
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American historian
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Antoinette Downing was born on 14 July 1904 in Paxton.
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Antoinette Downing died on 9 May 2001.
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Antoinette Downing was an architectural historian.
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