Historic places in Newport, Rhode Island
Newport in Newport County has 69 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 50 buildings, 11 districts, 6 structures, 2 sites. The first was listed in 1966 and the most recent in 2025. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, military, social history. 23 are National Historic Landmarks: Breakers, The, King, Edward, House, Newport Casino, Newport Historic District (Additional Documentation), Old Colony House, Bell, Isaac, Jr., House, Bellevue Avenue Historic District, Brick Market, Chateau-sur-Mer, Elms, The, Fort Adams, Griswold, John, House, Hunter House, Kingscote, Marble House, Ocean Drive Historic District, Redwood Library, Sherman, William Watts, House, Trinity Church, US Naval War College, United Congregational Church, Vernon House, Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House. Open to visitors: Brick Market, Elms, The, Kingscote, Touro Synagogue National Historic Site.
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Every National Register listing in Newport
Breakers, The (also Vanderbilt, (Cornelius, II), House)
The Breakers is a Gilded Age mansion located at 44 Ochre 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 family. [Wikipedia]
Ochre Point Ave. · NPS record #71000019
King, Edward, House (also Senior Citizens Center)
It was designed for Edward King in the "Italian Villa" style by Richard Upjohn and was built between 1845 and 1847, making it one of the earliest representations of the style. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #70000024
Newport Casino (also Newport Casino National Historic Landmark)
The Newport Casino is an athletic complex and recreation center located at 180–200 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island in the Bellevue Avenue/Casino Historic District. [Wikipedia]
194 Bellevue Ave. · NPS record #70000083
Newport Historic District (Additional Documentation)
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. [Wikipedia]
Bounded roughly by Van Zandt and Bellevue Aves., Broadway, Newport Harbor, Thames, Pope, William, Bull, and Kingston Sts. · NPS record #68000001
Old Colony House (also Old Statehouse)
The Old Colony House, also known 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. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #66000014
Bell, Isaac, Jr., House (also Edna Villa)
Town-level location only · NPS record #97001276
Bellevue Avenue Historic District (also Ochre Point/Cliffs Historic District)
The Bellevue Avenue Historic District is located along and around Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded Atlantic Ocean, Easton Bay, Coggeshall Ave.,Spring St., and Memorial Blvd. · NPS record #72000023
Brick Market
The Museum of Newport History is a history museum in the Old Brick Market building in the heart of Newport, Rhode Island, United States. [Wikipedia]
Thames St. & Washington Sq. · NPS record #66000019
Chateau-sur-Mer (also Wetmore House)
Chateau-sur-Mer's grand scale and lavish parties ushered in the Gilded Age of Newport, as it was the most palatial residence in Newport until the Vanderbilt houses in the 1890s. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #68000002
Elms, The (also Berwind (Edward J.) House)
The Elms is a large mansion (sometimes facetiously called a "summer cottage") located at 367 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, completed in 1901. [Wikipedia]
Bellevue Ave. · NPS record #71000021
Fort Adams (also Fort Adams Historic District)
Fort Adams is a former United States Army post in Newport, Rhode Island, that was established on July 4, 1799, as a First System coastal fortification, named for the American Founding Father and president John Adams, who was in office at the time. [Wikipedia]
W of Newport at Fort Adams Rd. and Harrison Ave. · NPS record #70000014
Griswold, John, House (also The Art Association of Newport)
It was built in 1864 for John Noble Alsop Griswold, an Old China Trade merchant and member of the Griswold Family, and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the American Stick style, one of the earliest buildings in that style, and one of Hunt's first works in Newport. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #71000023
Hunter House (also Nichols--Wanton--Hunter House)
Hunter House (1748) is a historic house in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #68000003
Kingscote
Kingscote is a Gothic Revival mansion and house museum at Bowery Street and Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, designed by Richard Upjohn and built in 1839. [Wikipedia]
Bellevue Ave. and Bowery St. · NPS record #73000058
Marble House (also Vanderbilt (William K.) House)
It 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. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #71000025
Ocean Drive Historic District
The Ocean Drive Historic District is a historic district that covers the long avenue of the same name along the southern shore of Newport, Rhode Island, United States. [Wikipedia]
Ocean Dr. · NPS record #76000048
Redwood Library
The Redwood Library and Athenaeum is a subscription library, museum, rare book repository and research center founded in 1747, and located at 50 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
50 Bellevue Ave. · NPS record #66000015
Sherman, William Watts, House (also Baptist Home of Rhode Island)
The William Watts Sherman House is a notable house designed by American architect H. H. Richardson, with later interiors by Stanford White. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #70000015
Trinity Church
Trinity Church, on Queen Anne Square in Newport, Rhode Island, is a historic parish church in the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Spring and Church Sts. · NPS record #68000004
US Naval War College (also See Also:Luce Hall)
The Naval War College (NWC or NAVWARCOL) is the staff college and "Home of Thought" for the United States Navy at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Coaster's Harbor Island · NPS record #66000876
United Congregational Church
The United Congregational Church (also called First Congregational Church, Second Congregational Church and Newport Congregational Church) is a historic former church building in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
73 Pelham St. · NPS record #71000027
Vernon House
The Vernon House is a historic house in Newport, Rhode Island built in 1758 for Metcalf Bowler. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #68000005
Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House
The Wanton–Lyman–Hazard House is one of the oldest houses in Newport, Rhode Island, built around 1697. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #66000016
Army and Navy YMCA (also Armed Services YMCA)
The Army and Navy YMCA is a historic YMCA building at 50 Washington Square in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
50 Washington Sq. · NPS record #88003073
Bird's Nest, The
The Bird's Nest is a historic house at 526 Broadway at the One Mile Corner junction in Newport, Rhode Island, not far from the city line with Middletown. [Wikipedia]
526 Broadway at One Mile Corner · NPS record #82000130
Cotton, Dr. Charles, House
The Dr. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72000026
Kay Street-Catherine Street-Old Beach Road Historic District (also The Hill)
The Kay Street–Catherine Street–Old Beach Road Historic District is a historic district in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Newport · NPS record #73000052
Luce Hall (also Naval War College and Torpedo School; See Also:US Naval War)
Luce Hall was the first purpose-built building for the U.S. Naval War College, founded at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1884. [Wikipedia]
US Naval War College and Torpedo School, Coasters Harbor Island · NPS record #72001439
President's House, Naval War College (also Quarters AA)
The President's House (also known as Quarters AA) is the home of the President of the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001219
Rose Island Lighthouse
The Rose Island Light, built in 1870, is on Rose Island in Narragansett Bay in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States. [Wikipedia]
SW pt. of Rose Island · NPS record #87000033
Rosecliff (also Oelrichs,Herman,House; Monroe,J. Edgar,House)
Rosecliff is a Gilded Age mansion of Newport, Rhode Island, now open to the public as a historic house museum. [Wikipedia]
Bellevue Ave. · NPS record #73000059
Southern Thames Historic District (also Lower Thames Historic District)
The Southern Thames Historic District encompasses the commercial and residential area immediately to the south of the colonial center of Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Thames St. from Memorial Blvd. to Morton Ave. · NPS record #08000314
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
The Touro Synagogue is a synagogue built in 1763 in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
85 Touro St. · NPS record #66000927
Baldwin, Charles H., House
Town-level location only · NPS record #71000018
Bell, Isaac, House (also Edna Villa)
Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it is one of the country's outstanding examples of Shingle Style architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72000022
Bellevue Avenue/Casino Historic District
170-230 Bellvue Avenue · NPS record #72000024
CORONET (Wooden Hull Schooner Yacht)
Coronet is a 131' wooden-hull schooner yacht built for oil tycoon Rufus T. Bush in 1885. [Wikipedia]
449 Thames · NPS record #04000571
Castle Hill Lighthouse (also Castle Hill Light Station)
Castle Hill Lighthouse is located on Narragansett Bay in Newport, Rhode Island, at the end of the historic Ocean Drive. [Wikipedia]
Off Ocean Ave. on Castle Hill at W end of Newport Neck · NPS record #88000277
Clarke Street Meeting House (also Second Congregational Church)
The structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #71000020
Commandant's Residence, Quarters Number One, Fort Adams (also Eisenhower House)
Eisenhower House, formerly known as the Commandant's Residence or Quarters Number One of Fort Adams, is a historic house that is part of Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #74000043
Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery
The Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery are a pair of separate cemeteries on Farewell and Warner Street in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Farwell and Warner Sts. · NPS record #74000044
Covell, William King, III, House (also Sanford (Milton H.) House; Villa Edna)
Town-level location only · NPS record #72000027
Emmanuel Church
Emmanuel Church is an historic Episcopal church at 42 Dearborn Street in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
42 Dearborn St. · NPS record #96000574
Fort Hamilton Historic District (also Rose Island)
The Fort Hamilton Historic District is a historic district including all of Rose Island in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Rose Island · NPS record #01001158
Gale, Levi H., House (also Jewish Community Center)
Russell Warren designed the house, which was built in 1835 for attorney Levi Gale. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #71000022
Ida Lewis Rock Lighthouse
Ida Lewis Lighthouse, which was formerly the Lime Rock Lighthouse, is in the Newport harbor in Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
On Lime Rock in Newport Harbor off Wellington Ave. · NPS record #87001700
John Bliss House (also Wilbur Farm)
Town-level location only · NPS record #100012310
Kay Street-Catherine Street-Old Beach Road Historic District (Boundary Decrease) (also The Hill)
Roughly bounded by Broadway, Memorial Blvd., Whitfield Pl., Champlin & Sherman Sts., Rhode Island, Prairie & Gibbs Ave. · NPS record #100002193
Lucas-Johnston House (also Lucas (Augustus) House)
The Lucas–Johnston House (also known as Augustus Lucas House) is an historic colonial house in downtown Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #71000024
Malbone
Malbone is one of the oldest mansions in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #76000039
Malbone, Francis, House
The house dates from 1760 and its design is attributed to Peter Harrison, a prominent architect of the period, responsible also for the Touro Synagogue and the Redwood Library, both important early Newport buildings. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #75000055
Mawdsley, Capt. John, House (also Bull (Jireh) House)
Bull married Godsgift Arnold, daughter of Gov. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000180
Miantonomi Memorial Park (also Miantonomi,Tomony &; Wanomitonomo Hill)
Miantonomi Memorial Park (MY-ann-toe-no-me) is a public park between Hillside Avenue and Girard Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Between Hillside and Girard Aves. · NPS record #69000003
Newport Artillery Company Armory
The Newport Artillery Company of Newport, Rhode Island was chartered in 1741 by the Rhode Island General Assembly during the reign of King George II of Great Britain. [Wikipedia]
23 Clarke St. · NPS record #72000029
Newport Harbor Lighthouse (also Newport Harbor Light Station)
The Newport Harbor Light, also known as the Goat Island Light or Green Light, built in 1842, is located on north end of Goat Island, which is part of the city of Newport, Rhode Island, United States, in Narragansett Bay. [Wikipedia]
N. end of Goat Island, Newport Harbor · NPS record #88000276
Newport Steam Factory
The Newport Steam Factory is an historic building at 449 Thames Street in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
449 Thames St. · NPS record #72000030
Ochre Point-Cliffs Historic District (also See Also:Sherman,William Watts,House,Breakers,The)
The Ochre Point–Cliffs Historic District is a historic district in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Bellevue Ave. and Coastland as far N as Memorial Blvd. and S to Sheep Point Cove · NPS record #75000211
Perry Mill
The Perry Mill is a historic mill building at 337 Thames Street in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
337 Thames St. · NPS record #72000020
Rogers, Joseph, House (also Preservation Society of Newport County:Headquarters)
It is a three-story wood-frame structure with a hip roof. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72000031
Seamen's Church Institute of Newport (also The Seamen's Institute)
The Seamen's Church Institute is a social service organization and historic building located in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
18 Market Square · NPS record #83000178
Shiloh Church (also Trinity School House)
Shiloh Baptist Church (also known as Trinity School House) is a historic former school building and former African American Baptist church in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. [Wikipedia]
25 School St. · NPS record #71000026
St. Mary's Church Complex
St. [Wikipedia]
14 William St. · NPS record #08000153
Stiles, Ezra, House (also Henderson Home)
It is a large 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a gambrel roof and two large interior brick chimneys, built in 1756. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72000116
Taylor-Chase-Smythe House (also Quarters NB-1)
A kitchen ell extends to the rear (north) of the house, and a glassed-in porch wraps around two sides of the house, ending in a porte-cochere. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001220
Tillinghast, Charles, House
It was a 2+1⁄2-story timber-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, built around 1710–20. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72001576
Tillinghast, John, House
The John Tillinghast House is an historic colonial house in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #73000060
WEATHERLY (sloop) (also CG Certificate of Documentation #533784; Sail # US 17)
Weatherly (US 17) is a 12-metre racing yacht that was an unsuccessful defense candidate for the 1958 America's Cup and victorious defender in the 1962 America's Cup. [Wikipedia]
49 America's Cup Blvd. · NPS record #12000585
White Horse Tavern
The White Horse Tavern is a tavern in Newport, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
26 Marlborough St. · NPS record #72000032
Whitehorne, Samuel, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #71000028
Other towns in Newport County
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