Newport, Rhode Island — Comments

Chateau-Nooga, B422 wrote 12 years ago:

a bit about C. C. Baldwin and his 'interests' in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1099

31 Ridge Road, B422 wrote 12 years ago:

A contemporary house at 31 Ridge Rd. was sold Friday for $8.5 million -- $550,000 more than the original list price, according to Lila Delman Real Estate. http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/08/newport-propert.html

Newport Harbor Island Resort, B422 wrote 13 years ago:

formerly the Newport Islander Doubletree Hotel, and before that the Sheraton Islander Inn, and before that the Hilton Colonial.

Edgehill, B422 wrote 13 years ago:

In 1976, New England Properties Inc. acquired the former Arthur Curtiss James estate for use as an alcoholic rehabilitation center known as Edgehill Newport. The estate at one time or another contained four structures: a palatial mansion named Edgehill, erected originally between 1887 and 1888 by McKim, Mead andWhite for the Newport philanthropist George Gordon King; Beacon Hill House, completed for Arthur Curtiss James in 1910 by architects Howells and Stokes and demolished in 1967; Vedimar, the guest house for the preceding, completed in 1910 by architects Atterbury and Phelps and demolished in 1975; and the Swiss Village, a model farm added to the grounds of Vedimar in 1923. Pushing ahead against objections from many neighboring landowners, the Center opened in 1980 and provided much-needed services with slow expansion of capacity and facilities. The Center closed in 1997 to return to private use; two years later, the new owner razed a modern clinic facility that had been erected by Edgehill Newport beside the Edgehill mansion. (from Newport: A Concise History C.P.B. Jefferys)

Courtside (1877), B422 wrote 13 years ago:

2012 - offered at 1.95m

Swedish Evangelical Zion Lutheran Church, B422 wrote 13 years ago:

currently listed at $700,000

The Flower Cottage, B422 wrote 13 years ago:

currently listed at $2m

Peter F. Lanouette Home and Studio, B422 wrote 13 years ago:

You were one of a kind Peter, we miss you and "bid you Goodnight"

Stop and Shop, B422 wrote 13 years ago:

My Grandfather would buy his meat at the A&P here preferring the quality over the A&P in Middletown, (catering to the classes and the classless;)

Goat Island Causeway Speedbump, B422 wrote 13 years ago:

suhweet :)

The Brick Marketplace, B422 wrote 13 years ago:

a development that should never have occurred :(

Fort Adams State Park, B422 wrote 13 years ago:

Sprucing up the place and adding more facilities for the America's Cup Open Races this June 2012. Folk and Jazz Festivals are still held here every August along with plenty of other great events.

William and Joseph Cozzens House (ca. 1760), B422 wrote 13 years ago:

one of my many favorites :)

Colford Jones House - The Chalet (1866), B422 wrote 13 years ago:

"Keeping with the Joneses" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_up_with_the_Joneses

Wrentham House (Indian Spring), B422 wrote 13 years ago:

link busted, gone to projo paid archives I suppose :(

Queen Anne Square, B422 wrote 13 years ago:

due to contaminated soil problems "Maya Lin Project" put off until 2013...

"Belcourt", Charlie (guest) wrote 13 years ago:

Actually, it's cumulatively $4.625 million.

The Ledges - Cushing Family Compound, Angelo (guest) wrote 13 years ago:

THis is the most beautiful home that I have ever seen. I would love to vacation nearby.

Newport Grand Slots, B422 wrote 13 years ago:

legislators are attempting to put table games in to compete with nearby MA. planned casinos, more to be revealed...

"Belcourt", apicozzi wrote 13 years ago:

Currently for sale. Asking price: $4,000,000.00

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