by Ross Cann AIA RA | Dec 8, 2022 | Articles
Newport’s many great houses are continually going through transformations and evolution. One interesting example is the Waves, which is built on the southernmost projection of Aquidneck Island out into the Atlantic Ocean. Originally a mile from downtown Newport, the...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Nov 22, 2022 | Articles
Newport, Rhode Island is famous for its grand mansions. There were large houses built during the Colonial Era and the time between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, but it was during the Gilded Age which lasted from 1865 to 1915 that the largest number and...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Nov 17, 2022 | Articles
Rose Island Aerial – Image by PJ Dougherty There is one kind of building type that is only found along the coastlines of the world: the lighthouse. From the earliest days when the great lighthouse at Alexandria was considered one of the great wonders of...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Oct 27, 2022 | Articles
Salve Regina University is celebrating its 75th Anniversary in 2022. Although plans by the Sisters of Mercy were set in place many years before, in 1947 the nuns received the gift of Ochre Court from the Goelet family. The building was originally designed by Richard...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Oct 20, 2022 | Articles
Amongst the many historic structures that populate Newport’s rich architectural landscape, one name appears again and again: George Champlin Mason. From 1860 until the mid 1890s, George Champlin Mason Sr. and his son of the same name designed more than 150...
