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20-638: Great Gale may refer to the following weather events: Great September Gale of 1815 – New England 1848 Tampa Bay hurricane - Tampa Bay, 24 September 1848 Great Gale of 1861 – Hartlepool and the north east coast of England, Saturday 9 February 1861 Great Gale of 1865 – Table Bay , South Africa , 17 May 1865 Great Gale of 1871 – Bridlington and north east coast of England, Friday 10 February 1871 Great Gale of 1880 – Oregon , 9 January 1880 See also [ edit ] European windstorm Great Storm (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

40-479: A low gable roof . In 1797, a third floor was added to the house, which housed the first Masonic Lodge in Rhode Island. At this time, a wooden balustrade was added to the roof of the building. The east gable features a large bull's-eye window , while the west gable features a clock, installed in the 20th century. With the exception of the building's eastern end, the first floor of is surrounded on all sides by

60-400: A series of large round arches that originally formed an arcade . In the 19th century, the arcade was closed off with the installation of windows. In 1833, architect James C. Bucklin designed a two-story addition on the east end of the building. This addition provided an entrance to the third story Masonic hall. In August 1771, a petition signed by a number of townspeople was presented to

80-539: A white salt coating that resembled a light frost. Even houses turned white. A line on the Old Market Building marks the 11-foot (3.4 m) storm surge that was unsurpassed in the city until the 1938 New England hurricane , which brought a 17.6-foot (5.4 m) storm surge. There is still a worn plaque on the Rhode Island Hospital Trust building (built in 1917), along with a newer plaque showing

100-493: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Great September Gale of 1815 After striking on Long Island , the hurricane caused major damage in Connecticut , Massachusetts , New Hampshire and Rhode Island . Rhode Island suffered the worst damage, as the storm surge flooded towns along Narragansett Bay up to and including Providence . The hurricane first struck

120-694: The American Revolution , the buildings were used as barracks for French soldiers encamped in Providence. The building's third floor housed the first Masonic Lodge in Rhode Island. Thomas Smith Webb was a member of the lodge, and in 1802 Webb organized St. John's Encampment Number One, which was the first Knights Templar organization in America. In 1832, Providence Mayor Samuel W. Bridgham moved Providence City Council to meet in Market House. At first,

140-651: The General Assembly , asking for a market house. The General Assembly raised funds through a lottery to erect a building in a location proposed by David Bucklin . Excavations on Market House began on May 25, 1773 and were completed in 1775. Almost immediately, Market House became the center of civic life in Providence, Rhode Island, due to its central location at the east end of the Weybosset Bridge. On March 2, 1775, residents gathered there to show their resistance to British taxation by burning British tea . During

160-617: The Neponset River . This arch was erected over the bridge at the dividing line of the towns [Dorchester and Milton] in 1798." Dorchester's First Parish Meeting House was too badly damaged to repair. The eye passed into New Hampshire near Jaffrey and Hillsborough . In the aftermath of the Great Gale, the concept of a hurricane as a "moving vortex" was presented by John Farrar , Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard University . In an 1819 paper he concluded that

180-570: The Providence City Council in the decades before the completion of City Hall . The primary architect for the Market House was Joseph Brown, then the foremost architect of the city. Brown's previous commissioned work included University Hall at Brown University and the First Baptist Meeting House . Brown was assisted in the design process by Stephen Hopkins. The building was originally two stories in height, topped by

200-576: The Turks Islands near the Bahamas on September 20, with a strength estimated to have been equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane. The storm struck Long Island on September 23, 1815, probably coming ashore near Center Moriches (Ludlum) around 7:00 A.M. On the south shore of Long Island it broke through the barrier beach and created the inlet that still isolates Long Beach , which had previously been an eastward extension of The Rockaways . Around 9:00 A.M.

220-495: The 1930s, and by 1940 the building was restored to its 1833 appearance. In 1948, Mayor Dennis J. Roberts signed a deed to give the building to the Rhode Island School of Design , with the provision that the exterior of the building be maintained. Architect John Hutchins Cady was hired to remodel the interior with classrooms and studios. A pair of plaques on the exterior wall marks the highest water levels reached during

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240-538: The City Council, Mayor's Office, and Board of Aldermen were located on the second floor. As the city grew, the city government purchased the third floor from the Masons, and eventually occupied the entire building, which was then renamed the "City Building." By 1845 the city government outgrew the building and drew up plans to build a new City Hall. By 1878 the new City Hall was completed and the city vacated Market House. In

260-512: The higher 1938 hurricane water level. At Matunuck, Rhode Island , sediment studies have identified the overwash fan of sediments in Succotash Marsh, where the 1815 hurricane storm surge overtopped the barrier beach. The financial loss was estimated at one and a half million dollars, one-quarter the total valuation of the city. Fortunately, only two people died, both in India Point. After

280-417: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Great Gale . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_Gale&oldid=1249962281 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

300-537: The storm "appears to have been a moving vortex and not the rushing forward of a great body of the atmosphere". [REDACTED] Media related to 1815 Atlantic hurricane season at Wikimedia Commons Market House (Providence, Rhode Island) The Market House is a historic three-story brick market house in Market Square , in the College Hill , a neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island , USA. The building

320-541: The storm came ashore at Saybrook, Connecticut with the force of what would now be considered a Category 3 hurricane. Waves of up to six feet were reported in New London . The "Great Storm" (or "Great Gale"), as it was known there, hit Providence, Rhode Island on the morning of September 23. From about 10:00 A.M. to noon, the storm delivered a storm surge that funneled up Narragansett Bay where it destroyed some 500 houses and 35 ships. Dozens of ships were deposited on

340-460: The storm, much of the Narragansett Bay area was rebuilt with higher riverbanks, raised wharves, and more durable building practices, to help protect against future storms. In Dorchester, Massachusetts , just south of Boston , local historian William Dana Orcutt wrote in the late 19th century of the hurricane's impact: "In 1815 there was a great gale which destroyed the arch of the bridge over

360-804: The streets of Providence. The bowsprit of the ship "Ganges" was smashed into the third story of the Washington Insurance Company building. The Second Baptist Meeting House was destroyed. Most of the buildings on the east side from south of the Market House to India Point were destroyed. At India Point, houses and wharves were destroyed. Both the Washington Bridge and the Central (Red) Bridge were uprooted from their piers and destroyed. The rain appears to have been saturated with salt. The leaves on trees which were not blown away were covered with

380-771: The years after the city left the building, tenants included the Providence Board of Trade (later known as the Chamber of Commerce ), the Henry Lippitt Company, several manufacturing companies, a barber, the Rhode Island Poultry Association, and the Rhode Island Electric Light Company. Market Square and Westminster Street were the first parts of Providence to receive electric street lights. The building underwent some restoration work in

400-563: Was constructed between 1773 and 1775 and designed by prominent local architects, Joseph Brown and Declaration of Independence signer Stephen Hopkins . The bottom floor of the house was used as a market, and the upper level was used for holding meetings. Similar buildings existed in other American cities, such as Faneuil Hall in Boston and the Old Brick Market in Newport. The building housed

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