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Newport Historic District (Rhode Island) / 41.49000°N 71.31361°W / 41.49000; -71.31361. 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 designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL) in 1968 due to its extensive and well-preserved ...
Aldrich Mansion is a late 19th-century property owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence since 1939. It is located by the scenic Narragansett Bay at 836 Warwick Neck Avenue in Warwick, Rhode Island, south of Providence, Rhode Island. Originally called Indian Oaks, and once the Senator Nelson W. Aldrich Estate.
Old Stone Bank was a popular Rhode Island banking institution that was founded in Providence in 1819 as a mutual savings bank that was called Providence Institution for Savings. The savings bank was the fourth largest bank in Rhode Island when it was declared insolvent by the Office of Thrift Supervision on January 29, 1993. Providence-based ...
c. 1640s –1701. One of the oldest buildings in Newport. Constructed before the death of Gov. Sanford in 1701 [3] Not yet tested using dendrochronology. White Horse Tavern. Newport. 41°29′30″N 71°18′51″W / . 41.491667°N 71.314167°W. / 41.491667; -71.314167.
Website. www.warwickri.gov. Warwick ( / ˈwɔːrwɪk / WOR-wik or / ˈwɒrɪk / WORR-ik) is a city in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States, and is the third largest city in the state with a population of 82,823 at the 2020 census. Warwick is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) south of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, 63 miles (101 km ...
Portsmouth, Rhode Island. / 41.600°N 71.250°W / 41.600; -71.250. Portsmouth is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 17,871 at the 2020 U.S. census. Portsmouth is the second-oldest municipality in Rhode Island, after Providence; it was one of the four colonies which merged to form the Colony of ...
May 11, 1976 [2] The Ocean Drive Historic District is a historic district that covers the long street of the same name along the southern shore of Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1976, in recognition for its distinctive landscape (in part the work of Frederick Law Olmsted) and ...
The Stephen Hopkins House is the oldest extant house in Providence. The Rhode Island city of Providence has a nearly 400-year history integral to that of the United States, including significance in the American Revolutionary War by providing leadership and fighting strength, quartering troops, and supplying goods to residents by circumventing the blockade of Newport.