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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.
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. Although as a civic space it is colonial in origin, dating back to ...
Thames Street (along with Marlborough Street) was one of Newport's original two streets officially laid out in Newport in 1654 and providing access to the city's many wharfs. The street takes its name from the River Thames in London , England, an area from which many of the early colonists migrated.
Flora has opened at the Gardiner House, a waterfront boutique hotel at 24 Lee's Wharf, Newport. The 110-seat restaurant has an expansive waterfront terrace with views of the Newport Harbor.
The Brenton Hotel is relatively new in Newport (it opened in July 2020) and centrally located so that you can walk to most destinations on your itinerary while in town. (That said, valet parking ...
The Stevens family ran the Shop for more than 220 years. In 1927, it was purchased by John Howard Benson. Grave marker carved by the John Stevens Shop in 1762. Stone located in Ye Antientist Burial Ground, New London. A Newport native, Benson studied at the Newport Art Association, the National Academy of Design, and the Art Students League of ...
Tadich Grill opened in 1849 by Croatian immigrants as a modest coffee stand on the Long Wharf pier, serving grilled fish to hungry travelers. It was the first spot in the U.S. to grill seafood ...
In 1780, Clarke Cooke, a wealthy Newport sea captain built the house nearby on Thames Street, opposite what is now the Blues Cafe, before eventually moving from Thames Street as it commercialized. In the 1970s David W. Ray purchased the building and moved it over a sixth month period in 1973 to Bannister's Wharf.