| 1861/07/00 |
Richard Morris Hunt |
Architect |
While Richard M Hunt and his wife Catharine stay with John Griswold and his wife Jane in Paris for two weeks, it is agreed that Hunt will design a house for the Griswolds in Newport. Richard and Catharine Hunt have been friends with John and Jane Griswold |
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| 1862/11/25 |
Rowland G Hazard |
Seller |
John Griswold buys the Fry and Shaw Estates from Rowland Hazard and Margaret E Hazard. The price of $28,000 consisted of $18,000 paid to the Hazards and two mortgages: $4,000 made by Mary E Rhodes and $6,000 made by the Hazards. Two houses will be moved. |
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| 1863/03/00 |
John N A Griswold |
Home |
The Newport Mercury reports that John N A Griswold is one of seven gentlemen who are building or about to build residences on the hill. The Griswold house will be built by the local firm of Cranston and Burdick. |
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| 1864/00/00 |
Jane Louisa Emmet Griswold |
Home |
Reported to cost $30,000 when it was finished, J Griswold has built one of the best houses in the city, two stories high, Gothic, with slate roof, as is also the carriage house and stables. The style is quite peculiar but attractive. |
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| 1909/09/13 |
John N A Griswold |
Died |
John N A Griswold dies at his Newport home. |
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| 1915/11/11 |
George Griswold Frelinghuysen |
Work |
Frederick and George G Frelinghuysen, executors of J Griswold's will, sell the estate to the Art Association of Newport for $40,000. William Sheffield commits to buying the estate with the understanding that the Association must raise $40,000 by Dec 18th. |
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| 1915/12/00 |
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Mrs John Murray Forbes (John and Jane Griswold's daughter Minnie), makes a generous offer to donate furniture for the museum. |
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| 1915/12/00 |
Arthur Curtiss James |
Benefactor |
Mrs Arthur Curtiss James donates $5,000 to the Art Association of Newport building campaign. |
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| 1915/12/00 |
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney |
Benefactor |
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney contributes $5,000 to the Art Association of Newport building campaign. |
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| 1915/12/00 |
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Ruth Payne Burgess proposes at her own expense to fit up and furnish the South West room of the first floor as a library and reading room and stock it with the standard works upon Art and the approved Art periodical. |
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| 1915/12/00 |
Marsden J Perry |
Benefactor |
Marsden J Perry, an active member of the board and chairman of the Buildings and Grounds Committee, makes a substantial gift of $2,000 toward the purchase. Mr Perry also personally will pay many ofthe bills for the early work on the house. |
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| 1916/03/18 |
Maud Howe Elliott |
Vocation |
The Art Association moves into the Griswold House, the date the lease expired on their former quarters on Church Street. The Drury Gallery, the former dining room, becomes the Directors' Room and is set up with an office for Maud Howe Elliott. |
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| 1916/09/07 |
Stone, Carpenter and Sheldon |
Architect |
Mr Sheldon has devised a way by which the ceiling can be slanted the whole length of the room .... by putting a small platform one step up above the hall floor in the part of the third story hall that jogs into the room. - letter to Marsden Perry |
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| 1920/08/20 |
William Adams Delano |
Architect |
Designed by William Adams Delano, the Howard Gardiner Cushing Gallery opens, among the largest benefactors is Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. |
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| 1921/01/00 |
Henry Vincent Hubbard |
Landscape Architect |
The Olmsted Brothers present a planting plan and accompanying planting list. Henry Vincent Hubbard, the principal in charge, made several recommendations regarding the driveway, parking areas, entrances and exits from the property, proposed plantings and |
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