Hygeia House
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Hygeia House

Hygeia House is a building in New Shoreham, Rhode Island, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 22, 2001.

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Location
New Shoreham, Washington County, Rhode Island

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History

It is a 2-3 story wood-frame structure, four bays wide, with a mansard roof. The building presents 2+1⁄2 stories to the front, with a row of four dormers on the roof, a porch extending the entire width of the front, and wrapping around to the right to join a projecting section of the main block.

The hotel was built in 1885 and operated as the Seaside House at a location about 150 yards (140 m) south of its present location. It was moved here in 1907 to the grounds of the Hygeia Hotel, a much larger hotel that burned down in 1916.

The Hygeia's previous owner, Dr. John Champlin, had his medical office in this building and continued to rent rooms to summer visitors. It was used as employee housing for other tourist facilities for many years.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The official nomination form is linked under Sources.

Other listings in New Shoreham

  • Block Island North Light Building · listed 1974
  • Block Island South East Light Structure · listed 1990
  • Block Island South East Light Structure · listed 1997
  • Champlin, Peleg, House Building · listed 1982
  • Great Salt Pond Archeological District District · listed 1990
  • Old Harbor Historic District District · listed 1974
  • US Weather Bureau Station Building · listed 1983

See all 8 listings in New Shoreham →

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