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The Naval War College Museum in Newport, Rhode Island, is one of 10 official American museums operated by the United States Navy, under the direction of the Naval History & Heritage Command and in co-operation with the Naval War College. It is located at Building 10, Luce Avenue, Naval Station Newport. It is located in the building which first ...
The Mariners' Museum and Park is located in Newport News, Virginia, United States. Designated as America’s National Maritime Museum by Congress, it is one of the largest maritime museums in North America. The Mariners' Museum Library contains the largest maritime history collection in the Western Hemisphere. [1]
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.
Newport: Museum of Yachting: Y Rhode Island: Newport: Naval War College Museum: Rhode Island: Warwick: Steamship Historical Society of America: Y South Carolina: Charleston: Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum Y Tennessee: Memphis: Mississippi River Museum: Texas: Corpus Christi: USS Lexington on the Bay Museum: Texas: Fredericksburg
It houses a museum detailing Newport's history from pre-colonial times to the Gilded Age and beyond. Exhibits include the printing press of James Franklin , the figurehead from the yacht Aloha , and a sword given as a gift by the Marquis de Lafayette to Daniel Lyman .
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.
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Naval battle off Tatamagouche - Cannons from Captain Daniel Fones' ship Tartar, Newport Historical Society Sabbatarian Meeting House, built in 1729 by Richard Munday (rear Newport Historical Society building today), now encased in brick front Newport Historical Society library building today The Old Brick Market building currently houses the society's Museum of Newport History