References

[1]Taylor Polites, 1838: Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul (https://rhodetour.org/items/show/371)

[2] Taylor Polites, 1830: Arnold-Palmer House (https://rhodetour.org/items/show/369)

[3] Providence City Council, Memorial of Thomas Arthur Doyle, mayor of the City of Providence (Providence: 1887) (pg. 8)

[4] Polites, Taylor M. “1878: English High School.” Rhode Tour. Accessed November 21, 2022. https://rhodetour.org/items/show/377.

[5] This would later become Kennedy Plaza

[6] John S., Jr. Gilkeson & John S. Gilkeso, Middle-Class Providence, 1820-1940 (Princeton University Press, 1986), 85.

[7] The New York Times. 7 June 1886. p. 1. Retrieved 14 November 2022. PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 6.—The condition of Mayor Thomas A. Doyle, of this city, who was seized with a shock of paralysis at 5:30 o'clock last evening, does not augur well for his recovery.

[8] Ibid Memorial of Thomas Arthur Doyle, mayor of the City of Providence

[9] Pina, Alisha (January 30, 2016). "Cianci to lie in state for 2 days at Providence City Hall". The Providence Journal. (Funnily enough, Cianci’s funeral was hosted at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul)

[10] Ibid Memorial of Thomas Arthur Doyle, mayor of the City of Providence page 8

[11] I’ve found contradicting sources if the street was still High or had become Westminster, but considering the street is now Westminster, I’ve decided to stick with that for readability

[12] Author unknown, “Honor to the Dead”, Boston Daily Globe (1889). Retrieved from ProQuest 11-15-2022

[13] Also a member of the Masonic Order

[14] Ibid “Honor to the Dead”

[15] From photographs, the monument says “Thomas Doyle/Eighteen years Mayor of Provicence/Erected by…” the rest is ineligible

[16] H.H. Kitson was a prominent monument sculptor in the Massachussets area. He is most famous for sculpting the minuteman monument in Lexington. His wife was Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, another prominent American Sculptor

[17] Gilkeson, Middle-Class Providence pg. 85

[18] Polites, ibid