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    Malbone is one of the oldest mansions in Newport, Rhode Island. The original mid-18th century estate was the country residence of Col. Godfrey Malbone...
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    Gilded Age, the castle was noted for its extensive stables and carriage areas, which were incorporated into the main structure. Belcourt Castle Belcourt is...
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    The Breakers (1878) (category Peabody and Stearns buildings)
    most magnificent estate in Newport." The home, which was acquired by Cornelius Vanderbilt II in 1885, was destroyed by fire in 1892 and replaced by the...
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    Beechwood (Astor mansion) (category Art museums and galleries in Rhode Island)
    Beechwood is a Gilded Age mansion and estate located at 580 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island best known for having been owned by the Astor family...
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    7 ha) estate on the cliffs overlooking Easton Bay of the Atlantic Ocean. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and was...
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    Hammersmith Farm is a Victorian mansion and estate located at 225 Harrison Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It was a childhood home of First...
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    purchased the mansion and gave it the name Beaulieu, which means "Beautiful place". The mansion neighbored Beechwood, the Newport estate of Astor's brother...
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    music promoter and Jazz Festival founder George Wein, music manager Albert Grossman, and folk singers Pete Seeger, Theodore Bikel, and Oscar Brand. It...
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    was built from 1888 to 1892 as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Beaux Arts style...
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    (a working-class immigrant neighborhood) to the estate for milk and cookies. She had a love for cars and would drive around Newport every day in one of...
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    Naval Station Newport (category Buildings and structures in Newport, Rhode Island)
    Electronics Support Detachment Detal (ESDD) Castle Hill USCG Maintenance Augmentation Team (MAT) Newport National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAAS Henry...
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    leaders, supports defining the future Navy and associated roles and missions, supports combat readiness, and strengthens global maritime partnerships....
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    Rough Point (category Peabody and Stearns buildings)
    home in 1904 and 1905. He was one of the owners of American Tin Plate Company, a tin plate trust. He purchased the 10-acre (40,000 m2) estate in 1906. After...
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    steamship line. She and her husband, together with her sister, Virginia Fair, bought the land in 1891 from the estate of George Bancroft and commissioned the...
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  • Salve Regina University (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    Gilded Age estates with 21 structures of historic significance. The university is home to the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy...
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    International Tennis Hall of Fame (category Buildings and structures in Newport, Rhode Island)
    located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It honors both players and other contributors to the sport of tennis. The complex, the former Newport...
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    was sold by the estate of Eleanor Widener's second husband, Alexander H. Rice Jr, for US$118,000 (equivalent to $1,320,000 in 2023), and in 2006 it was...
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    White Horse Tavern (Newport, Rhode Island) (category Buildings and structures in Newport, Rhode Island)
    constructed before 1673 and is believed to be the oldest tavern building in the United States. It is located on the corner of Farewell and Marlborough streets...
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    Cluny School was formerly located in Newport, on property given by the estate of Arthur Curtiss James to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence in 1941...
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    Ochre Court (category Castles in the United States)
    nearby The Breakers. These two mansions, along with Belcourt Castle (the 3rd largest mansion) and Marble House, were designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt...
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    Seaview Terrace (category Relocated buildings and structures in Rhode Island)
    Belcourt Castle, and Rough Point. The television show Dark Shadows used its exterior as the fictional Collinwood Mansion. Part of the main house and some...
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    Touro Synagogue (category Buildings and structures in Newport, Rhode Island)
    connecting Dutch and English colonies. They followed the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish liturgy and customs, preserving their distinct cultural and religious...
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    Newport Jazz Festival (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    backer Elaine Lorillard, with her husband, purchased "Belcourt", a large estate which was available locally, in hopes of hosting the festival there. However...
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    Newport Casino (category Buildings and structures in Newport, Rhode Island)
    Bennett, Jr. was a summer resident of Newport and in August 1879 paid $60,000 to acquire the Sidney Brooks estate "Stone Villa" (demolished in 1957, the Bellevue...
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    Newport Bridge, is a suspension bridge operated by the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority that spans the East Passage of the Narragansett Bay in Rhode...
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    house and stables for the Chateau-Sur-Mer estate are owned by Salve Regina University and are currently being renovated as a center for visual art and preservation...
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    Street, Narragansett Avenue, and Memorial Boulevard. The Cliff Walk provides views of The Breakers, Marble House, Rough Point, and other prominent mansions...
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    Work passed the estate to his daughter, Frances Ellen Work, who'd recently divorced her first husband (James Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy), and moved back to...
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    Fort Adams (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    of wood and bricks, for one company." After the War of 1812, there was a thorough review of the fortification needs of the United States and it was decided...
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    Morris family also bequeathed Malbone to the Preservation Society of Newport County in 1978, who sold the estate to Patricia and Philip Archer Thomas in 1980...
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