Newport Architecture

Newport, RI is home to many superb examples of 18th-19th century domestic architecture. A number a Newport's famous "summer cottages" were acquired by the Newport Preservation Society and are open to the public. However, most of these historic buildings are still in use as private residences. Below are listed a selection of notable homes with their corresponding architects.

Pictured at right is the original "Breakers" building before it was rebuilt in the 1890s by Cornelius Vanderbilt.

  Newport Architects

(Please be aware that this list is not intended to be comprehensive and is drawn from secondary sources. It indicates that to the best of our knowledge these architects were associated with these houses. However, even the experts do not always agree. For example: The Watts Sherman House is attributed by Downing to Richardson and White, with changes by Dudley Newton. The "Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects" lists only Richardson for the initial design. This may be caused by the ebb and flow of architectural firms. Richardson's activity runs from 1866-1887. White runs from 1877-1906. McKim started In 1874; McKim, Mead and Bigelow existed from 1877-1889/90. McKim, Mead and White ran from 1879-1912 with a successor firm, 1910-1919). Feel free to e-mail us with any additions.

Ballantyne and Olson

Near Sea, Ocean Avenue

Henry I. Cobb

Beachmound, Bellevue Avenue

Ogden Codman

Berkeley Villa, Bellevue Avenue

Ferguson and Goodhue Cram

Harbour Court, Halidon Avenue

William Delano

Normandie, Ocean Ave.

A. J. Downing - see Vaux

Irving Gill

Wildacre, Ocean Ave.

Glaser, de Castro, Vitals, and Martin Adler

Brick Market Place (current condos and shops)

Peter Harrison

Abraham Redwood Summer House (Redwood); Brick Market, Thames St.; Redwood Library, Bellevue Ave.; Touro Synagogue, Touro St.;

Richard Morris Hunt

Belcourt Castle, Bellevue Ave.; Breakers, Ochre Point Ave.; Chalet, Halidon Ave.; Griswold House, Bellevue Ave.; Marble House, Bellevue Ave.; Ochre Court, Ochre Point Ave.; Pratt House, 49 Bellevue Ave.; Travers Block, Bellevue Ave.; Waring House, 33 Greenough Place ("Hypotenuse"); Wrentham House, Ocean Ave. ("Indian Spring"; "Busk House");

Charles Barton Keen

Little Clifton Berley, Ocean Ave.

Frederick R. King

Chateau-Sur-Mer, Bellevue Ave.; Idle Hour, Ocean Ave.

Detlef Lienau

Anglesea, Cliff Walk and Ruggles; Beach Cliffe, Memorial Blvd.

William MacKenzie

Seafare, Ocean Avenue ("Hurricane Hut")

McKim, Mead and White

Beacon Rock, Harrison Ave.; Casino, Bellevue Ave.; Crossways, Ocean Avenue; Coleman House, 7 Red Cross; Edgehill, Harrison Ave.; Edna Villa, Berkeley Ave.; Fairchild Barn, 79 Second Street; Rosecliff, Bellevue Avenue; Skinner House, 31 Old Beach; Tilton House, Sunnyside Place; Wormley House, 2 Red Cross

George Champlin Mason

August Belmont Greenhouse; Belmont Chapel, Island Cemetery; Chepstow, Narragansett Ave.; Gravel Court, Narragansett Ave.; Redwood Additions, 1875; Schermerhorn, Narragansett Ave.; Numerous smaller houses

Richard Munday

Colony House; Trinity Church

Dudley Newton

Champlin Mason House, Old Beach Rd.; De la Salle, Bellevue Ave.

Peabody and Sterns

Beachbound, Harrison Ave.; Brooks House and Rockhurst, Bellevue; Rough Point, Bellevue Ave.; Shamrock Cliff, Ridge Road (now "Oceancliff")

Polhemus and Coffin

Champ Soleil, Bellevue Ave.

John Russell Pope

Bonniecrest, Harrison Ave.; Redwood Library grounds

Potter and Robertson

Baldwin House, Bellevue Ave.; Garmir Doon, Bellevue Ave.

Bruce Price

Audrain Building

Henry Hobson Richardson

William Watts Sherman House, 2 Shepard Ave. Castle Hill Lighthouse

Andrew Robison

Elmcourt, Bellevue Ave.

R. H. Robertson

Hammersmith Farm, Harrison Ave.

Horace Trumbauer

Clarendon Court, Bellevue Ave.; Elms, Bellevue Ave.; Miramar, Bellevue Ave.

Richard Upjohn

Edward King House, Aquidneck Park; Holy Cross Chapel, West Main Road, Middletown; Kingscote, Bellevue Ave.; Shady Lawn, Miantonomi Ave. ; St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Portsmouth

Calvert Vaux and A. J. Downing

Beaulieu, Bellevue Ave.; Beechwood, Bellevue Ave.

Whitney Warren

High Tide, Ocean Ave.; Newport Country Club, Harrison Ave.

Stanford White

Berkeley House, Bellevue Ave.