White Horse Tavern, Newport
- Address: 26 Marlborough St
- Vicinity: Farewell St
- Phone: 401.849.3600
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1670/00/00 | The White Horse Tavern is built, probably before 1673, as only a two-room, two-story house with a large pilastered brick chimney. | |||||
| 1673/00/00 | Pirate and privateer, William Mayes acquires a private residence, but he will soon make it into a tavern. | |||||
| 1687/00/00 | William Mayes is granted a liquor license as early as 1687. | |||||
| 1702/00/00 | Pirate William Mayes Jr, follows his father as innkeeper. His sister Mary Mayes Nichols and her husband, Robert Nichols, will be innkeepers after William. | |||||
| 1730/00/00 | Jonathan Nichols Jr | Owner | Owner Jonathan Nichols hangs the White Horse sign. | |||
| 1739/00/00 | The Town Council meets at Mayes's tavern, as does the colony's General Assembly (according to tradition), until Richard Munday's Colony House is built. | |||||
| 1776/00/00 | Proprietor Walter Nichols moves his family out of the White Horse and Newport as Hessian mercenaries are billeted in the tavern by the British during the Revolutionary War. | |||||
| 1895/11/00 | The Nichols family sells the White Horse tavern to Thomas and Bridget Preece. Following owners will include their sons, James J Preece and William Preece. Who are succeeded by Mary A Clifford, Frederick Clifford and William F Preece. | |||||
| 1954/00/00 | Via a donation by the Van Beuren family, the tavern is acquired by the Preservation Society of Newport County. | |||||
| 1957/00/00 | After a restoration led by Ralph E Carpenter, the White Horse Tavern re-opens. |
| Particulars for White Horse Tavern, Newport: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Historic Use | City or Town Hall |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Historic Use | Hotel |
| Area of Significance | Politics-government |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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