Louisa Sharpe Metcalf

Louisa Sharpe Metcalf

American philanthropist

📍 Providence, Rhode Island USA

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Louisa Dexter Sharpe Metcalf (1866–1959) was a Providence, Rhode Island, philanthropist. She was a member of the Sharpe family associated with the Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company, and her husband was United States Senator Jesse H. Metcalf. She supported cultural, educational, and civic institutions in Rhode Island, helped establish a neighborhood center in northern Providence, contributed to relief efforts during and after World War I, and later donated the former Metcalf estate to create Wanskuck Park in Providence.

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