Timeline of Newport, Rhode Island. 1639 - William Coddington settles. 1643 - First Society of Friends established (approximate date). 1644 Newport becomes...
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Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States. It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately 33 miles (53 km) southeast...
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Rhode Island Thirteen Colonies List of newspapers in Rhode Island in the 18th century Timeline of Newport, Rhode Island Timeline of Providence, Rhode...
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the United States. It is located on the corner of Farewell and Marlborough streets in Newport, Rhode Island. English immigrant Francis Brindley constructed...
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known as the Newport Bridge, is a suspension bridge operated by the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority that spans the East Passage of the Narragansett...
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The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established...
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facetiously called a "summer cottage") located at 367 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, completed in 1901. The architect Horace Trumbauer (1868–1938) designed...
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This is a timeline of women's suffrage in Rhode Island. Women's suffrage in Rhode Island started with women's rights activities, such as convention planning...
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Providence, Rhode Island, United States. 1635 – Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635 1636 – Providence...
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Newport (NAVSTA Newport) is a United States Navy base located in the city of Newport and the town of Middletown, Rhode Island. Naval Station Newport is...
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Newport Creamery is a chain of restaurants in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts. Since its first restaurant opened in 1940, it has been primarily...
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The Newport Casino is an athletic complex and recreation center located at 180–200 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island in the Bellevue Avenue/Casino...
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Church, on Queen Anne Square in Newport, Rhode Island, is a historic parish church in the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island. Founded in 1698, it is the oldest...
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historic mansion in Newport, Rhode Island designed by Frank Furness and built by Furness & Hewitt in 1874–1875 for Fairman Rogers. One of the many "cottages"...
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The Breakers (category National Register of Historic Places in Newport, Rhode Island)
Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, US. It was built between 1893 and 1895 as a summer residence for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a member of the wealthy Vanderbilt...
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Preservation Society of Newport County is a private, non-profit organization based in Newport, Rhode Island. It is Rhode Island's largest and most-visited...
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Newport Hospital is a private, nonprofit hospital located in Newport, Rhode Island. Together with The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital, Newport...
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Miss Rhode Island competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Rhode Island in the Miss America pageant. Ali Hornung of Providence...
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Old Colony House (redirect from Newport Colony House)
as Old State House or Newport Colony House, is located at the east end of Washington Square in the city of Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It is...
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The Newport Historic District is a historic district that covers 250 acres (100 ha) in the center of Newport in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It was...
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Newport Folk Festival is an annual American folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the Newport...
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Chateau-sur-Mer (category National Register of Historic Places in Newport, Rhode Island)
Chateau-sur-Mer is one of the first grand Bellevue Avenue mansions of the Gilded Age in Newport, Rhode Island. Located at 474 Bellevue Avenue, it is now...
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/ 41.4672; -71.3021 Newport Cliff Walk The Newport Cliff Walk is considered one of the top attractions in Newport, Rhode Island, in the United States...
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Newport Country Club, is a historic private golf club in the northeastern United States, located in Newport, Rhode Island. Founded 131 years ago in 1893...
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Marble House (category National Register of Historic Places in Newport, Rhode Island)
Marble House, a Gilded Age mansion located at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, was built from 1888 to 1892 as a summer cottage for Alva and William...
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Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. Construction was begun in 1891 and completed in 1894, and it was intended to be used for only six to eight weeks of the year...
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Stone-ender Timeline of architectural styles "Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory - Rhode Island". "Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory - Augustus Lucas House - Rhode Island"....
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mansion located on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, built in 1859 by Federico Barreda. Subsequent owners of Beaulieu have included John Jacob Astor...
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Touro Synagogue (redirect from Newport Synagogue)
(Hebrew: קהל קדוש ישועת ישראל) is a synagogue built in 1763 in Newport, Rhode Island. It is the oldest synagogue building still standing in the United...
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Miramar (mansion) (category Houses in Newport, Rhode Island)
Aquidneck Island at Newport, Rhode Island. Overlooking Rhode Island Sound, it was intended as a summer home for the George D. Widener family of Philadelphia...
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