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Newport Historic District
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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1648/00/00 Robert Spink Life Robert Spink moves to Newport, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
1729/01/23 Bishop George Berkeley Life Newport citizens greet the arrival of a ship from Virginia bringing among its passengers a high ranking English churchman, Dean George Berkeley, with his spouse and a young ladie in companie.
1776/12/03 Henry Clinton British Commander The British Army under General Henry Clinton captures Newport, Rhode Island.
1779/10/25 Americans Patriots recapture Newport.
1826/12/04 Oliver Hazard Perry In Memoriam Governor Fenner, Major Gen Carpenter, dignitaries and US Troops leave Clarke's Wharf and proceed up Thames St with with Perry's remains in a car designed to look like the boat in which Perry left the LAWERENCE for the NIAGARA.
1905/08/06 The MAYFLOWER enters Newport. Sergei Witte, refuses to travel by sea and leaves for Portsmouth via Boston, taking with him secretary Baron Rosen. Treaty of Portsmouth

Places

PlaceAsNotedInType
PlaceAsNotedInType
Lucina Langley House, Newport
Oliver Hazard Perry House
White Horse Tavern, Newport
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Data »

Particulars for Newport Historic District:
Architectural Style American Colonial
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Commerce
Criteria Exemplar
Sight Category Historic District
Education Library
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Historic Use Religious Property
Historic Use Single dwelling
Built Environment Townscape



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 24th November 1968

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Newport Historic District
Registry Address: Bounded roughly by Van Zandt Ave., Newport Harbor, Thames, Pope, William Sts., Bellevue Ave., Bull, Broadway, Kingston
Registry Number: 68000001
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private, Local
Architect: Multiple
Architectural Style: Colonial
Area in Acres: 250
Contributing Buildings: 392
Other Certification: Additional documentation, Designated National Landmark, Additional documentation
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Architecture, Commerce
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Event
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1600-1649, 1650-1699, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Historic Function: Education, Religion, Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Religious structure, Library
Current Function: Work in progress, Commerce, Trade, Recreation and Culture, Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Museum

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