Historic Houses
The Newport Restoration Foundation (NRF) was created in 1968, based on the urgent need to save the city’s rapidly disappearing 18th-century architecture. Doris Duke’s formidable resources made possible a preservation effort that few have attempted before or since.
The work of more than 100 architects and skilled craftsmen over a period of 16 years ultimately saved 83 structures in and around Newport. These houses, most of which are still owned and meticulously maintained by the NRF, represent a remarkable collection of early Rhode Island architecture and are privately rented.
Visitors to Newport can see the results of this massive undertaking simply by walking the streets of one of the last wooden cities in America. Our houses are easily recognizable - just look for the NRF sign or print a self-guided tour map of the Historic Hill or the Point neighborhoods. To learn more about the buildings and their historical context, take a guided walking tour.
Historic Houses
William Gardner House »
51 Bridge Street
The William Gardner House is a two-story house with two small interior…
More Info »Benjamin Howland House »
6 Bridge Street
Beginning in 1721, the Benjamin Howland House was built in three stages.
More Info »Thomas Townsend House »
53 Bridge Street
The Thomas Townsend House is a two-story, gambrel-roof building with a…
More Info »John Langley House »
28 Church Street
The John Langley House is a two-story building with a gable roof and an…
More Info »Cotton House »
32 Church Street
The Cotton House, built c.1720, is a two-and-a-half-story building with two…
More Info »Simon Pease House »
32 Clarke Street
The Simon Pease House is one of the earliest buildings in the architectural…
More Info »Vernon House »
46 Clarke Street
Vernon House, a national historic landmark, has a rich architectural and…
More Info »Swansea House »
3 Cozzens Court
The Swansea House is a rural, one-and-a-half-story building with a central…
More Info »King's Arms Tavern/Thomas Walker House »
6 Cross Street
The King's Arms Tavern is a sizeable, two-and-a-half-story building with a…
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12 Dennison Street
This house is a small, gambrel-roof cottage built sometime between 1793 and…
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16 Dennison Street
The house at 16 Dennison is on the original site where it was built between…
More Info »Gideon Cornell House »
3 Division Street
Built c.1765, the Gideon Cornell House is a good example of a simple half…
More Info »Daniel Carr House »
20 Division Street
The Daniel Carr House was built c.1712 and stands on the original site.
More Info »Captain George Buckmaster House »
42 Division Street
The Captain George Buckmaster House is a four-bay house, but not in the…
More Info »Sherborne-Nichols House »
4 Elm Street
The exterior of the Sherborne-Nichols House fits the plan of a four-bay…
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Almy-Taggert House »
56 Farewell Street
The Almy -Taggart House is a two-story house with a large interior chimney…
More Info »John Sisson House »
21 Green Street
The John Sisson House is a small, one-and-a-half-story building of rural…
More Info »Cahoone-Yates House »
27-29 Green Street
The Cahoone -Yates House is a two-story building with three interior…
More Info »Brown Farm House »
35 Green Street
The Brown Farm House is a two-story, four-bay structure with a central…
More Info »Harkness House »
38 Green Street
It is believed that the Harkness House, built c. 1730, was originally located…
More Info »Stephen J. Albro House »
41 Green Street
The Stephen J. Albro House is a one-and-a-half-story Queen Anne cottage…
More Info »Constant Tabor House »
47 John Street
The Constant Tabor House is a four-bay, two-story building with a gambrel…
More Info »John Coddington House »
2 Marlborough Street
Built c. 1730, the John Coddington House stands on its original site.
More Info »Christopher Fowler House »
29 Mary Street
The Christopher Fowler House stands on the original site and is probably…
More Info »West-Hathaway House »
15 Mill Street
The West-Hathaway House is a two-and-a half-story, gable-roof house with…
More Info »Thomas Brown House »
22 Mill Street
The Thomas Brown House is a two-story dwelling with two interior…
More Info »Billings Coggeshall House »
35-39 Mill Street
Built c.1784, the Billings Coggeshall House is a narrow, one-room-wide…
More Info »Beriah Brown House »
41 Mill Street
The Beriah Brown House, built c.1709, is a large two-story, five-bay plan…
More Info »Alexander Jack, Jr. House »
49 Mill Street
The Alexander Jack, Jr. House is a two-and-a-half-story structure, built…
More Info »Langley-King House »
34 Pelham Street
The Langley-King House is a large, two-and-a-half-story, four-bay house…
More Info »Daniel Vaughn House »
44 Pelham Street
The Daniel Vaughn House stands on the original site. Built c.1785-1800, it…
More Info »William Lawton House »
47 Poplar Street
The William Lawton House is a small, simple house with two stories and a…
More Info »Sisson-Collins House »
40 School Street
The Sisson-Collins House, built c. 1738 and 1823, is an example of a building…
More Info »Solomon Townsend House »
51 Second Street
The Solomon Townsend House is a two-story structure, built on the half…
More Info »New Jersey Farm House »
72 Spring Street
The New Jersey Farm House, built c. 1800, is a one-and-a-half-story…
More Info »Buffum-Redwood House »
74 Spring Street
The Buffum-Redwood House, c.1700 and 1750, was built on the present site…
More Info »Edward Willis House »
95 Spring Street
The Edward Willis House, built c. 1807, is a one-story, gambrel-roof cottage…
More Info »Odlin-Otis House »
109 Spring Street
Built c.1705, the Odlin-Otis House is a long, one-room deep, gable-roof…
More Info »Samuel Bours House »
175 Spring Street
The Samuel Bours House sits on its original site. Built c.1777, it is a…
More Info »Jonathan Gibbs House »
181 Spring Street
The Jonathan Gibbs House is on its original site and now numbered as 181…
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Phillip Stevens House »
34 Thames Street
The Phillip Stevens House, c.1745, is on its original site. It is a four bay…
More Info »Solomon Thorton-Elizabeth Wilder House »
53-55 Thames Street
The Solomon Thornton-Elizabeth Wilder House, with build dates c.1683 and…
More Info »Hathaway-Macomber House »
57 Thames Street
The Hathaway-Macomber House appears today as a large, gable-roof house…
More Info »Captain William Read House »
58 Thames Street
The Captain William Read House is a sizable, two-and-a-half-story house…
More Info »Richardson-Peckham House »
67 Thames Street
When NRF purchased the house, the exterior was in a fairly complete form…
More Info »Clarke Burdick House »
413 Thames Street
The Clarke Burdick House was built on its original site c. 1835. A two-story,…
More Info »Joseph Record House »
415 Thames Street
The Joseph Record House is a two-story, end-to-the-street house built in…
More Info »Samuel Whitehorne House »
416 Thames Street
Built in 1811, Whitehorne House is a rare example of a Federal-style mansion.
More Info »James Boone House »
422 Thames Street
The James Boone House sits on the original site where it was built c.1795.…
More Info »John Whitehorne House »
428 Thames Street
The John Whitehorne House, circa 1750, is on its original site. It is a two…
More Info »Daniel Lyman House »
11 Third Street
The Daniel Lyman House is one among many small, two-room-plan Newport…
More Info »Buliod-Perry House »
29 Touro Street
The Buliod-Perry House is a large three-story, five-bay house with a hip roof…
More Info »Wilbour-Ellery House »
51 Touro Street
The Wilbour-Ellery House is a three-story, understated, Federal-style house…
More Info »William & Joseph Wanton House »
25 Walnut Street
The William & Joseph Wanton House is a somewhat modified four-bay…
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Knowles-Perry House »
31 Walnut Street
The Knowles-Perry House is typical of the five-bay, two-story houses with…
More Info »Ann Weber House »
33 Washington Street
The Ann Webber House is a two-story house with two interior chimneys and…
More Info »Isaac Dayton House »
35 Washington Street
The Issac Dayton House is a small, two-story house with three bays and a…
More Info »Jaheel Brenton Counting House »
39 Washington Street
The Jehleel Brenton Counting House was originally located on or near an…
More Info »Coggeshall House »
66 William Street
The Coggeshall House is a small, one-and-a-half-story house with a stone…
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