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In 1915, Laura Tirocchi married a young American-born physician of Italian descent, Dr. Louis J. Cella. Anna purchased the Prentice Mansion at 514 Broadway, and all three moved in, bringing the shop stock and equipment. In later years, Dr. Cella shifted his practice to the house, building a small rear addition as his office. The Cella family quarters were on the second floor, while Anna had a room on the third floor, behind the workrooms she had created for her staff. The main showroom of the Tirocchi shop was in the second-floor billiard room.

The Prentice Mansion
514 Broadway, Providence,
site of the Tirocchi sisters' shop
from 1915 to 1947; front view, 1999.
Tirocchi Archive.

 

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