The Aldrich House on College Hill in Providence, where Abby Rockefeller spent much of her youth.
“A nation without humor is not only sad but dangerous.’’
— Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874-1948), philanthropist, most famously as a patron of modern art, daughter of very powerful U.S. Sen. Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island, wife of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and socialite.
