Cotton, Dr. Charles, House

History

The Dr. It is one of the city's oldest houses.

It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a large central chimney and a hipped roof. The original portion of the house was built around 1720 with large Georgian style additions in the 18th century and modifications in the nineteenth century.

Dr. Charles Cotton, a great-grandson of Josiah Cotton and surgeon aboard the USS Constitution, owned the house in the early 19th century and gave the house its current name. By 1974, it had been in the Cotton family for 157 years. Around this time, the family decided to sell various properties they held throughout the city, including this home, and The Newport Redevelopment Agency purchased the house. The Newport Restoration Foundation acquired the house as part of an exchange of land with the City. The Foundation moved the house in 1977 from its original location across the adjoining parking lot. The house was restored from 1979 to 1980. The site added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

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