Historic places in Middletown, Rhode Island
Middletown in Newport County has 15 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 12 buildings, 2 districts, 1 site. The first was listed in 1970 and the most recent in 2022. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, education, agriculture.
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Every National Register listing in Middletown
Bailey Farm
Now reduced from more than 100 acres (40 ha) to about 45 acres (18 ha), the farm is a well-preserved example of a 19th-century island farm. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84001887
Boyd's Windmill
Boyd's Windmill, also known as Boyd's Wind Grist Mill, is a historic smock mill at Paradise Valley Park on Prospect Avenue in Middletown, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Prospect Ave. · NPS record #01000018
Clambake Club of Newport
The Clambake Club of Newport is a historic private club at 353 Tuckerman Avenue in Middletown, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
353 Tuckerman Ave. · NPS record #95001267
Gardiner Pond Shell Midden (also RI-101W)
The Gardiner Pond Shell Midden (also known as RI-101W) is a prehistoric archaeological site in Middletown, Rhode Island, named after George Gardiner who was an early settler in the area. [Wikipedia]
Address not published · NPS record #85000718
Hoppin, Hamilton, House (also Villalon; Montpellier)
It has been known by several names, including Villalon, Montpelier, Shadow Lawn, Agincourt Inn, and, currently, The Inn at Villalon. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #96000905
Joseph, Lyman C., House (also Louisiana)
Architect Clarence Luce designed the house, which was built in 1882, and is a well-preserved early example of the Shingle style. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #75000054
Murphy, Dennis J., House at Ogden Farm (also Ogden Farm; Mill Farm)
It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure with vernacular Queen Anne styling, built c. 1900 for Dennis J. Murphy, the son of a local farmer. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #07001269
Paradise School
The Paradise School is an historic school building at Paradise Avenue and Prospect Street in Middletown, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Paradise and Prospect Aves. · NPS record #78000069
Smith-Gardiner-Norman Farm Historic District (also Paradise Farm; Norman Bird Sanctuary)
In 1949, the Norman Bird Sanctuary was founded through a bequest in the will of Mabel Norman Cerio. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #08000234
St. Columba’s, the Berkeley Memorial Chapel
55 Vaucluse Ave. · NPS record #100007963
St. George's School-Church of St. George, Little Chapel, and Memorial Schoolhouse
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372 Purgatory Rd. · NPS record #04001235
Stonybrook Estate Historic District
It encompasses what was the largest and most elaborate summer estate built in Middletown, an outgrowth of the expansion of Newport's summer resort community into neighboring towns. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #09000708
Van Rensselaer, Alexander, House (also Villalou; Restmere)
Built in 1857, it is a prominent example of Italianate architecture, designed by Richard Upjohn, with some of the earliest examples of Stick style decoration in the United States. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #100002524
Whitehall (also Berkeley (Bishop George) House)
The Whitehall Museum House is the farmhouse modified by Dean George Berkeley, when he lived in the northern section of Newport, Rhode Island that comprises present-day Middletown in 1729–1731, while working to open his planned St Paul's College on Bermuda. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #70000016
Witherbee School
The Witherbee School is a school house on Green End Avenue in Middletown, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Green End Ave. · NPS record #89002036
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