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The John Stevens Shop (ca. 1750) Museum of Newport History (Market House) (1762) Newport Historic District (Rhode Island) Newport Steam Factory (1831) Perry Mill (1835) Samuel Whitehorne House (1811) Southern Thames Historic District
While you might know Thames Street for Bowen’s Wharf, seafood restaurants and summer drinks, it’s also home to one of Newport’s prime shopping areas.
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.
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It was designed by architect Dudley Newton, and built in 1854. It served as the home of the Sisters of Mercy Convent for nuns of St. Mary's church from 1854 to 1924, and later housed the first private Catholic school in Rhode Island, St Mary's Academy from 1854 to 1924.
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Newport Creamery began with Samuel Rector's Newport, Rhode Island dairy business in 1928. [1] Rector began as a wholesaler and started home delivery in 1932. In 1940, Rector and his son opened their first restaurant in nearby Middletown , where the company is still headquartered.
There's a Waterfire and fireworks in Providence. That's a great place to start.