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2. Newport Folk Festival - Wikipedia

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   The Newport Folk Festival is an annual American folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the Newport Jazz Festival. The festival was founded by music promoter and Jazz Festival founder George Wein , music manager Albert Grossman , and folk singers Pete Seeger , Theodore Bikel , and Oscar Brand .

3. Newport Historical Society tours are expanding to meet ... - AOL

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   February 13, 2024 at 4:44 AM. ... “I love giving tours for the Newport Historical Society,” said 71-year-old Navy veteran Patricia Drislane. ... and it is generally completed within a few days ...

4. Bellevue Avenue Historic District - Wikipedia

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   The Bellevue Avenue Historic District is located along and around Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, United States.Its property is almost exclusively residential, including many of the Gilded Age mansions built as summer retreats around the turn of the 20th century by the extremely wealthy, including the Vanderbilt and Astor families.

5. Isaac Bell House - Wikipedia

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   The Isaac Bell House is a historic house and National Historic Landmark at 70 Perry Street (at the corner with Bellevue Avenue) in Newport, Rhode Island. Also known as Edna Villa , it is one of the outstanding examples of Shingle Style architecture in the United States.

6. Chateau-sur-Mer - Wikipedia

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   Located at 474 Bellevue Avenue, it is now owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County and is open to the public as a museum. Chateau-sur-Mer's grand scale and lavish parties ushered in the Gilded Age of Newport, as it was the most palatial residence in Newport until the Vanderbilt houses in the 1890s.

7. Newport Historic District (Rhode Island) - Wikipedia

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   The Newport Historic District is a historic district that covers 250 acres (100 ha) in the center of Newport in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.It was designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL) in 1968 due to its extensive and well-preserved assortment of intact colonial buildings dating from the early and mid-18th century.