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C. 1900, picture of U.S. Torpedo Station on Goat Island Sailors at the U.S. Torpedo Station in Newport ca. 1910-1926. In 1869, the U.S. Naval Torpedo Station was founded in Newport, Rhode Island on Goat Island, the site of Fort Wolcott which was built in 1702 and served as an Army fort from 1794 to 1835.
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 Bellevue Avenue/Casino Historic District encompasses a one-block section of Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island.Although Bellevue Avenue is best known for the large number of Gilded Age mansions which line it, especially further south, this block is a coherent collection of commercial buildings at the northern end of the mansion row.
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, Rhode Island is a charming New England city characterized by rich history, quaint shops and restaurants and yacht-filled harbors. Amongst museums, bars and plenty of historical landmarks ...
Miramar is a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m 2) French neoclassical-style mansion on 7.8 acres (32,000 m 2) bordering Bellevue Avenue on Aquidneck Island at Newport, Rhode Island. Overlooking Rhode Island Sound , it was intended as a summer home for the George D. Widener family of Philadelphia .
It’s easy to associate Newport, Rhode Island with summer—the waterside views, the walkability, its reputation as the “sailing capital of the world.” ... St. Mary’s Church where John F ...
The meeting house is the oldest surviving house of worship in Rhode Island. In keeping with Quaker notions of "plain style" living, the building lacks adornments like pulpits, statuary, steeples, or stained glass. It features wide-plank floors, plain benches, a balcony, a beam ceiling, and a shingle exterior. [3]