Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Rhode Island - Newport County
Newport County Rhode Island (Page 3) has 36 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 11 places of National significance and 13 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Sherman, William Watts, House, Tillinghast, John, House, Touro Synagogue National Historic Site, Trinity Church and US Naval War College.

Several famous people are associated with these Newport County historic places including George Berkeley and Ezra Stiles.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Newport County places including Henry Hobson Richardson, Philip L. Rhodes, Mason,George C., & Sons, Joseph C. Wells, Richard Munday, A.E. "Bill" Luders, John LaFarge, Peter Harrison, Stephen Mumford and Ambrose J. Murphy. Prominent architectural styles found in Newport Country are Georgian, Colonial and Colonial Revival.

Sakonnet Light Station (added 1983 - - #83000179)
S of Little Compton on Little Cormorant Rock , Little Compton
Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Maritime History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
REMOVED
Sayer Building (added 1999 - - #72001574)
Also known as Wickham House
281--283 Thames St. , Newport
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business, Restaurant
Seamen's Church Institute of Newport (added 1983 - - #83000178)
Also known as The Seamen's Institute
18 Market Square , Newport
MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Freedley,Durr, King,Frederic Rhinelander
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Organizational, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Organizational, Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Sherman, William Watts, House (added 1970 - - #70000015)
Also known as Baptist Home of Rhode Island
2 Shepard Ave. , Newport
Dms1788, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Richardson,Henry Hobson
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Institutional Housing
More Information:
archives document
Shiloh Church (added 1971 - - #71000026)
Also known as Trinity School House
25 School St. , Newport
Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education, Religion
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure, School
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Shoreby Hill Historic District (added 2011 - - #11000674)
Roughly bounded by Whittier Rd., Prudence Ln., Emerson Rd., Conanicus Ave., Knowles Ct., Coronado St. & Longfellow Rd., Jamestown
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
More Information:
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Smith--Gardiner--Norman Farm Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000234)
Also known as Paradise Farm, Norman Bird Sanctuary
583 Third Beach Rd. , Middletown
Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Clarke and Howe
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Processing, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Conservation Area, Museum, Natural Feature
More Information:
archives document
Southern Thames Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000314)
Also known as Lower Thames Historic District
Thames St. from Memorial Blvd. to Morton Ave. , Newport
BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Cram, Ralph Adam
Architectural Style:
Federal, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Industry, Architecture, Social History, European, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Defense, Domestic, Education, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Fire Station, Manufacturing Facility, Military Facility, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion, Social
Current Sub-function:
Business, Clubhouse, Mortuary, Processing Site, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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St. Columba?s, the Berkeley Memorial Chapel (added 2022 - - #100007963)
55 Vaucluse Ave., Middletown
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Area of Significance:
Architecture, Art, Community Planning And Development
St. George's School--Church of St. George, Little Chapel, and Memorial Schoolhouse (added 2004 - - #04001235)
372 Purgatory Rd. , Middletown
Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cram, Ralph Adams, et.al.
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival, Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Art, Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure, School
Current Function:
Education, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure, School
More Information:
archives document
St. Mary's Church Complex (added 2008 - - #08000153)
14 William St. , Newport
Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Murphy, Ambrose J., Keely, Patrick C.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Church School, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
More Information:
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St. Mary?s Episcopal Church (added 2023 - - #100008600)
324 East Main Rd., Portsmouth
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Area of Significance:
Architecture, Art
REMOVED
Stevens, Robert, House (added 1999 - - #71001088)
261--265 Thames St. , Newport
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Stiles, Ezra, House (added 1972 - - #72000116)
Also known as Henderson Home
14 Clarke St. , Newport
Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Stiles,Ezra
Significant Year:
1776, 1834, 1756
Area of Significance:
Science, Education, Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence
Current Function:
Health Care
Current Sub-function:
Sanatorium
More Information:
archives document
Stone House Inn (added 2008 - - #08000255)
Also known as Sisson, David, House
122 Sakonnet Rd. , Little Compton
Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kinnicutt, Richard
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Hotel, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel, Restaurant
More Information:
archives document
Stonybrook Estate Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000708)
501-521 Indian Ave. and 75 Vaucluse Ave. , Middletown
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Trumbauer, Horace
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Garden, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Garden, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Taylor--Chase--Smythe House (added 1989 - - #89001220)
Also known as Quarters NB-1
Chase Ln., Naval Education and Training Center , Newport
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Defense, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Tillinghast, Charles, House (added 1972 - - #72001576)
243--245 Thames St. , Newport
Epicsunwarrior, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Tillinghast, John, House (added 1973 - - #73000060)
142 Mill St. , Newport
BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Military
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Tiverton Four Corners Historic District (added 1974 - - #74000042)
Roughly bounded by Main, West and East Rds. , Tiverton
Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Greek Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture, Commerce, Military, Industry
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Fishing Facility Or Site, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site (added 1966 - - #66000927)
85 Touro St. , Newport
Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Harrison,Peter
Architectural Style:
Colonial
Area of Significance:
Religion, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Capitol, Courthouse, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Trinity Church (added 1968 - - #68000004)
Spring and Church Sts. , Newport
Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Munday,Richard
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
US Naval War College (added 1966 - - #66000876)
Also known as See Also:Luce Hall
Coaster's Harbor Island , Newport
Filetime, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education, Military
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Education
Historic Sub-function:
College, Naval Facility
Current Function:
Defense, Education
Current Sub-function:
College, Naval Facility
More Information:
archives document
Union Church (added 1974 - - #74000045)
Also known as The Christian Church in the Town of Portsmouth
Union St. and E. Main Rd. , Portsmouth
Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military, Religion
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure, School
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
United Congregational Church (added 1971 - - #71000027)
Spring and Pelham Sts. , Newport
Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
LaFarge,John, Wells,Joseph C.
Architectural Style:
Other, Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Van Rensselaer, Alexander, House (added 2018 - - #100002524)
Also known as Villalou, Restmere
1 Ichabod Ln, Middletown
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Upjohn, Richard
Architectural Style:
Late 19th Century
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1857-1919 AD
Vernon House (added 1968 - - #68000005)
46 Clarke St. , Newport
Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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WEATHERLY (sloop) (added 2012 - - #12000585)
Also known as CG Certificate of Documentation #533784, Sail # US 17
49 America's Cup Blvd., Newport
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Rhodes, Philip L., Luders, A.E. "Bill"
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
More Information:
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Wanton--Lyman--Hazard House (added 1966 - - #66000016)
17 Broadway , Newport
Mfield, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mumford,Stephen
Architectural Style:
Other, Georgian, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
White Horse Tavern (added 1972 - - #72000032)
26 Marlborough St. , Newport
Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1650-1699
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Hotel, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Restaurant
More Information:
archives document
Whitehall (added 1970 - - #70000016)
Also known as Berkeley (Bishop George) House
Berkeley Ave. , Middletown
Cropbot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Historic Person:
Berkeley,George
Significant Year:
1729
Area of Significance:
Education, Landscape Architecture, Philosophy, Religion
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Whitehorne, Samuel, House (added 1971 - - #71000028)
414 Thames St. , Newport
MGA73bot2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Wilbor House (added 2007 - - #07000125)
548 W. Main Rd. , Little Compton
Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Georgian, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Windmill Hill Historic District (added 1978 - - #78000067)
Eldred Ave. and N. Main Rd. , Jamestown
File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Religion, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Witherbee School (added 1989 - - #89002036)
Green End Ave. , Middletown
MGA73bot2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Coggeshall,John
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
Wreck Sites of H.M.S. Cerberus and H.M.S. Lark (added 1973 - - #73000061)
Waters of Narragansett Bay adjacent to Aquidneck Island , South Portsmouth
Magicpiano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Battle Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Street Furniture/Object
More Information:
archives document

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