John Howard Benson

b. Newport, RI, July 6, 1901 
d. Newport, RI, February 23, 1956


Bibliography

McCarthy, Carol. "Stonecutter," Newport Daily News, 13 February 1993. 

Harding, Anne. "Carving His Niche," Boston Globe, 30 March 1997. 

Benson, Esther Fisher. "The History of the John Stevens Shop," Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society, No. 112 (October 1963). 

Benson, Fisher.  "John Howard Benson and The John Stevens Shop," Newport History:  Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society. Newport: Newport Historical Society.  Vol. 62, part 1, No. 213 (Winter 1989). 

Downing Antoinette F. and Vincent J Scully, Jr. The Architectural Heritage of Newport, Rhode Island 1640 -1915. 2nd ed. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1967. 494. 

Hofer, Philip.  John Howard Benson & His Work 1901-1956.  New York: The Typophiles, 1957. 

Hofer, Philip.  "The  Work of John Howard Benson," The New Colophon.  New York: Duschnes Crawford, Inc., 1950. 208-222. 

Simister, Florence Parker. Streets of the City: An Anecdotal History of Newport, Rhode Island. Providence: The Mowbray Company, 1969. 141,142. 

The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. New York: James T. White & Company, 1962: Vol. 44, 538, 539. 

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Newport History, Vol.62, Pt.1, Winter 1989, 213. 



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