"The home was divided into two businesses.
This was a business home." - Louis
Anna Tirocchi had bought the house at 514 Broadway shortly before
her sister wed Dr. Cella, and she chose it carefully. Described
in the Providence Preservation Societys Guide to Broadway:
A Victorian Boulevard as "one of the most ornate on [the
street]," number 514 was a much-admired house. It was built
in 1867 for John K. Kendrick,
owner of the Kendrick Loom Harness Company. Mr. Kendrick sold it
in 1880 to George W. Prentice, a buttonhook manufacturer and street-railway
tycoon. Anna Tirocchi would have been proud of the fact that her
new house had been formerly owned by two of Providences prominent
businessmen. She would also have prized the location, a fashionable
section of the city (which also happened to be near its largest
Italian neighborhood - Federal Hill).
Both these factors made 514 Broadway an ideal location for her
elite custom dressmaking business. It was easily reached from the
East Side where most of her clientele lived. Moreover, many physicians
had their offices located on this stretch of Broadway, so it was
also an ideal location at which young Dr. Cella could establish
his practice.
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