Rough Point Mansion


  • Address: 680 Bellevue Ave
  • Vicinity: Cliff Walk
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Rough Point is one of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island. Built in the English Manorial style, it is a museum house open to the public. - AsNotedIn

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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1887/00/00 Peabody and Stearns Architect Designed in the English Manorial style by Peabody and Stearns for Frederick W Vanderbilt, construction on begins on Rough Point summer cottage.
1892/00/00 Frederick William Vanderbilt Home Built of sandstone and granite, Rough Point is completed for Frederick William Vanderbilt.
1993/00/00 Doris Duke Home Doris' will bequeaths the estate to the Newport Restoration Foundation with the directive that it be opened to the public as a museum. Rough Point is still decorated with her French furniture, European art, Chinese porcelains and Flemish tapestries.

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Particulars for Rough Point Mansion:
Area of Significance Architecture
Sight Category Building
Building Type House
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling




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