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The Colony House, which is managed by the Newport Historical Society, is a Georgian-style building that was completed in 1741. Today, it's the fourth oldest statehouse that's still standing in the ...
Newport: 1839 Gothic Revival house by Richard Upjohn was the first summer residence in Newport. 58: Lawton–Almy–Hall Farm: Lawton–Almy–Hall Farm: October 11, 1978 : 559 Union St. Portsmouth: 59
The massive mansion, home to tobacco heiress Doris Duke, is now free for Newport County residents and has a new look. More than a 'fancy house': How Newport's Rough Point mansion gives back to the ...
Joseph Reynolds House: July 28, 1983 : Bristol: Bristol: The oldest known three-story timber frame house in New England, built in 1700, it was used as headquarters by Lafayette during the Rhode Island campaign in 1778. 38: William Watts Sherman House
The commission was given to McKim, Mead, and White in 1898, and the New York branch of Jules Allard and Sons were engaged as interior decorators. Construction started in 1899, but the sharp winter slowed construction; Mrs. Oelrichs' sister had married William K. Vanderbilt II that winter season, and the house was required for parties in the following Newport season; the eager Mrs. Oelrichs ...
The Colony House, Newport, Rhode Island Photo credit: Courtesy of the Newport Historical Society The Colony House , which is managed by the Newport Historical Society, is a Georgian-style building ...
Newport, Washington seen in a real photo postcard mailed on October 7, 1913. Newport was given its name in 1890 due to its selection as a landing site for the first steamboat on the Pend Oreille River. [6] Newport was officially incorporated on April 13, 1903. [7] The first river bridge was built in 1906, and was replaced in 1926, [6] and again ...
Elm tree in front of the Florence K. Murray Judicial Complex in Washington Square. Washington Square is the geographical and historical heart of Newport Rhode Island.More trapezoid than square, it exists at the intersection of several major streets and what was the colonial long wharf, projecting into the harbor off Aquidneck Island and into Narragansett Bay.