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Rhode Island imprints: a list of books, pamphlets, newspapers and broadsides printed at Newport, Providence, Warren, Rhode Island, between 1727 and 1800, Providence: Rhode Island Historical Society, 1915, OL 7091649M; A guide to Newport, Rhode Island, Newport: Gabriel Weis, 1916, OL 14010639M
Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States.It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Providence, 20 miles (32 km) south of Fall River, Massachusetts, 74 miles (119 km) south of Boston, and 180 miles (290 km) northeast of New York City.
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.
Sanford, who served as governor of the then-colony of Rhode Island between 1680 and 1683, built the house sometime before his death in 1701. Historical records indicate the building may be as old ...
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.
The Old Colony House, also known as Old State House or Newport Colony House, is located at the east end of Washington Square in the city of Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It is a brick Georgian - style building completed in 1741, and was the meeting place for the colonial legislature.
Location of Newport County in Rhode Island. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
The Museum of Newport History is a history museum in the Old Brick Market building in the heart of Newport, Rhode Island, United States.It is owned and operated by the Newport Historical Society at 127 Thames Street on Washington Square.