page_title: William Truman Aldrich
hierarchical_section_title: William Truman Aldrich
caption_attribution_description: English: The Temple to Music at Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island.
context_page_description: William Truman Aldrich FAIA was an American architect and painter.
  He graduated in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1901, and then studied in Paris at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. In 1909 he started working for Carrère and Hastings, and then moved to Boston where he established his own architectural company. Some of his main achievements are the Eliza G. Radecke building of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, and parts of the Worcester Art Museum. Between 1945 and 1950 he worked for the United States Commission of Fine Arts.
  In 1924 he created the Temple for Music at the Roger Williams Park.
  His painted work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston owns eight of his paintings, while the Harvard Art Museums own a further nine works. The Rhode Island School of Design Museum hosted an exhibition of his water colours in 1927.
context_section_description: William Truman Aldrich FAIA (February 16, 1880 – June 2, 1966) was an American architect and painter. 
  He graduated in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1901, and then studied in Paris at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. In 1909 he started working for Carrère and Hastings, and then moved to Boston where he established his own architectural company. Some of his main achievements are the Eliza G. Radecke building of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, and parts of the Worcester Art Museum. Between 1945 and 1950 he worked for the United States Commission of Fine Arts.
  In 1924 he created the Temple for Music at the Roger Williams Park.
  His painted work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston owns eight of his paintings, while the Harvard Art Museums own a further nine works. The Rhode Island School of Design Museum hosted an exhibition of his water colours in 1927.
caption: The Temple to Music, Roger Williams Park, designed by Aldrich in 1924
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