Antoinette Downing | |
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 Antoinette Forrester, from the 1925 yearbook of the University of Chicago | |
| Born | Antoinette Forrester July 14, 1904 Paxton, Illinois |
| Died | May 9, 2001 |
Antoinette Forrester Downing (July 14, 1904 – May 9, 2001) was an American architectural historian and preservationist who wrote the standard reference work on historical houses in Rhode Island. She is credited with spearheading a movement that saved many of Providence's historic buildings from demolition in the mid 20th century and for her leadership was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 1978.