Andrews House (Brown University)

It is an old-fashioned brick homestead, standing right on the street line and is at present occupied by the heirs of Deacon Read, at one time so well known in the woolen trade.

[3] The Providence Daily Journal compared the house, "built in the old Colonial style, and finished in the interior in pure marble and white decorations," with "one of the old mansions along the east shore of Maryland in its surroundings, and is richly furnished.

[...] large, double doors, opening from a side hall alcove to a porch of white marble, overlook[ed] the yard.

[12][13] In a first-person recollection of the 1919 dinner for the press, journalist David Patten (who started his career as a reporter in 1918 and went on to become the managing editor of the Providence Journal and Evening Bulletin[14]) recalled an extensive serving staff, music from a hidden string orchestra, and "RLB" engraved silverware.

"[15][16] The ballroom was kept "for the holding of meetings and for social purposes," with white and gold walls and panels of light blue and cream-colored velvet velour.