Welcome to the Archives of the Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation. The purpose of this online database is to function as a tool for scholars, students, architects, preservationists, journalists and other interested parties. The archive consists of photographs, slides, articles and publications from Rudolph’s lifetime; physical drawings and models; personal photos and memorabilia; and contemporary photographs and articles.

Unless otherwise noted, all images and drawings are copyright © The Estate of Paul Rudolph and The Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation. Please speak with a representative of the Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation to get permission to use any drawings or photos. Drawings, sketches and other materials produced by Rudolph’s architectural office at the Library of Congress are maintained there for preservation, but the intellectual property rights belong to the Paul Rudolph Estate and Ernst Wagner, founder of the Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation.

LOCATION
Address: 1 Chestnut Street
City: Providence
State: Rhode Island
Zip Code: 02903
Nation: United States

STATUS
Type: Housing
Status: Built

TECHNICAL DATA
Date(s): 1963
Site Area:
Floor Area:
Height: 112’ 1” (34.17 m)
Floors (Above Ground): 9
Building Cost:

PROFESSIONAL TEAM
Client: The Beneficent Church
Architect: Paul Rudolph
Rudolph Staff: Jonathan Hall, Job Captain
Associate Architect:
Landscape: Chumard & Erikson
Structural: Spiegel & Zamecnik
MEP: Van Zelm, Haywood & Shadford
QS/PM:

SUPPLIERS
Contractor:
Subcontractor(s):

Beneficent House

Construction completed in 1967.

DRAWINGS - Design Drawings / Renderings

DRAWINGS - Construction Drawings

DRAWINGS - Shop Drawings

PHOTOS - Project Model

PHOTOS - During Construction

PHOTOS - Completed Project

PHOTOS - Current Conditions

LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION
Beneficent House on Emporis

RELATED DOWNLOADS

PROJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Chronological list of works by Paul Rudolph, 1946-1974.” il., plan. Architecture and Urbanism 49 (January 1975): 160.

Spade, Rupert, ed. Paul Rudolph. London: Thames and Hudson, 1971.

Rudolph, P. and Moholy-Nagy, S. The Architecture of Paul Rudolph. New York: Praeger, 1970.

Middleton, Robin. “Disintegration.” il. Architectural Design 37 (May 1967): 203-204.

“Paul Rudolph’s elaborated spaces: six new projects.” il., plan. Architectural Record 139 (June 1966): 144-145.