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  • Neighborhood Walk: Clarke Street & Historic Hill

    The Vernon House 46 Clarke Street, Newport, United States

      Join us on a walking tour that explores the evolution of Newport's streetscape, and meet the generations of Newporters who lived in, worked in, and worshiped in the neighborhood.

  • Neighborhood Walk: Clarke Street & Historic Hill

    The Vernon House 46 Clarke Street, Newport, United States

      Join us on a walking tour that explores the evolution of Newport's streetscape, and meet the generations of Newporters who lived in, worked in, and worshiped in the neighborhood.

  • Neighborhood Walk: Clarke Street & Historic Hill

    The Vernon House 46 Clarke Street, Newport, United States

      Join us on a walking tour that explores the evolution of Newport's streetscape, and meet the generations of Newporters who lived in, worked in, and worshiped in the neighborhood.

  • Community Resiliency Walk: Rough Point & the Cliff Walk

    Rough Point Museum 680 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, United States

    Join us and our friends Aquidneck Resilience for a free community walk! We will discuss coastal resiliency and explore the Cliff Walk and Rough Point's historic landscape on a 1.5 mile walk.

  • Jane’s Walk: 47 John Street/ Inside a Preservation & Storytelling Project

    47 John Street 47 John Street, Newport, RI, United States

    On May 2 and 3, take a walk with your neighbors and explore preservation in your neighborhood.

    This interior house “walk” will discuss how Newport Restoration Foundation distinguishes restoration from preservation while also sharing how uncovering architectural layers helps support storytelling about the house's past inhabitants.

  • Jane’s Walk: A Stroll Through Queen Anne Square

    Queen Anne Square 220 Thames Street, Newport, RI, United States

    On May 2 and 3, take a walk with your neighbors and explore preservation in your neighborhood.

    Explore Queen Anne Square and the role green spaces play in shaping our community.

  • Postponed Neighborhood Walk: Keeping History Above Water

    Storer Park

    Sea-level rise, increasingly damaging storms, and flooding are threatening our communities. What can we do to plan for a more resilient future? This walking tour will identify some of the drivers behind flood vulnerability, approaches to protect historic properties from rising tides, and highlight opportunities and challenges facing Newport to unify resiliency and preservation initiatives citywide. While the tour will highlight case studies from NRF’s portfolio of historic properties, the strategies discussed will be applicable for many homeowners and will broach interventions small to large.

  • Neighborhood Walk: Keeping History Above Water

    Storer Park

    Sea-level rise, increasingly damaging storms, and flooding are threatening our communities. What can we do to plan for a more resilient future? This walking tour will identify some of the drivers behind flood vulnerability, approaches to protect historic properties from rising tides, and highlight opportunities and challenges facing Newport to unify resiliency and preservation initiatives citywide. While the tour will highlight case studies from NRF’s portfolio of historic properties, the strategies discussed will be applicable for many homeowners and will broach interventions small to large.

  • Neighborhood Walk: 1776|2026

    The Vernon House 46 Clarke Street, Newport, United States

    Many of the houses in Historic Hill were witnesses to the American Revolution.

    Take a walk through this neighborhood and discover the stories of the people who lived here, learn about the house's historic restorations on the eve of the Bicentennial, and find out how NRF continues to care for these important sites today.

  • Preservation & Resiliency Tour of the Point

    Bridge & Third Street 53 Bridge Street, Newport, RI, United States

    Join us and our friends The Preservation Society of Newport County on a free tour celebrating Preservation in one of the country’s most intact Revolutionary-era communities. We'll explore historic Easton’s Point and see how the neighborhood is adapting to the increasing impacts of sea level rise and flooding events.

  • Neighborhood Walk: From Revolution to Resiliency

    Bridge & Third Street 53 Bridge Street, Newport, RI, United States

    The success of Newport has always been dependent on the sea and the people who live here have a deep connection to the water. The Point neighborhood evolved from the colonial era to what it is today in response to major economic, political, cultural, and environmental shifts. This tour will reflect on how this neighborhood has adapted—and continues to adapt to— the increasing effects of climate change. We will also commemorate the stories of the many generations of Newporters who lived here.