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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1880/07/00 McKim, Mead and White Architect Newport Casino opens to its first patrons.
1882/07/15 Oscar Wilde Lecturer At an invitation from Julia Ward Howe, Oscar Wilde lectures at the Newport Casino Theater in Newport, Rhode Island. Oscar Wilde's 1882 Lecture Tour Of America
1882/07/15 Julia Ward Howe Hostess At an invitation from Julia Ward Howe, Oscar Wilde lectures at the Newport Casino Theater in Newport, Rhode Island. Oscar Wilde's 1882 Lecture Tour Of America
1889/00/00 Theresa Fair Oelrichs One summer at the Newport Casino, Tessie Fair meets Hermann Oelrichs playing tennis, probably in the 1880s. Marriage of Theresa Fair and Hermann Oelrichs
1889/00/00 Herman Oelrichs Groom One summer at the Newport Casino, Tessie Fair meets Hermann Oelrichs playing tennis, probably in the 1880s. Marriage of Theresa Fair and Hermann Oelrichs
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Particulars for Newport Casino:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Civic
Area of Significance Entertainment - Recreation
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Level of Significance National
Historic Use Outdoor recreation
Owner Private
Architectural Style Shingle Style Architecture
Historic Use Sport Facility



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 2nd December 1970

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Newport Casino
Registry Address: 194 Bellevue Ave.
Registry Number: 70000083
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: McKim,Mead and White
Architectural Style: Shingle style
Area in Acres: 8
Contributing Buildings: 1
Contributing Sites: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Landscape architecture, Art, Entertainment-recreation, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1950-1974, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1975-2000
Significant Year: 1879, 1881, 1906
Historic Function: Social, Recreation and Culture
Historic Sub-Function: Outdoor recreation, Civic, Sport facility
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum Sport facility Outdoor recreation

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