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Newport Folk Festival held for the final time before a 16-year hiatus. 1972 - Newport Jazz Festival moves to New York City; 1976 - Brenton Point State Park established. 1978 - Naval War College Museum in operation. 1980 - Newport Rugby Football Club (Rhode Island) formed. 1981 - Newport Jazz Festival re-established at Fort Adams. 1983
The Benjamin Barker House was a historic house on Main Road in Tiverton, Rhode Island.Built c. 1850, it was a two-story wood-frame structure with an impressive Greek Temple front, with full-height fluted Ionic columns supporting a full triangular pediment.
Victoria Station – one restaurant remained open in Salem, Massachusetts until it was abruptly closed in December 2017 [13] VIP's – Oregon-based restaurant chain; Wag's; Weenie Beenie; Wetson's; Whiskey Soda Lounge – Portland, Oregon and New York City; White Tower Hamburgers
Newport: Built for William Shepard Wetmore, was extensively remodeled in 1870s, Today is a museum. [120] The Reefs 1853 Italianate: Newport: Built for Christopher Wolfe and later buy and remodeled by Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Was destroyed by fire in 1942. Baulieu 1859 Second Empire: Downing and Vaux: Newport
It is a two-story, nearly square limestone block residence in the Federal style, and was built in 1812 by Benjamin Bowen (1759-1824) who came from Rhode Island with the financial backing of his brothers, Dr. William Bowen and Ephraim Bowen Esq. to establish a saw mill, a grist mill, a distillery, and the Newport Cotton Manufacturing Co. along the banks of the West Canada Creek using a dam and ...
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The Newport Mercury, was an early American colonial newspaper founded in 1758 by Ann Smith Franklin (1696–1763), and her son, James Franklin (1730–1762), the nephew of Benjamin Franklin. The newspaper was printed on a printing press imported by Franklin's father, James Franklin (1697–1735), in 1717 from London. [1]