by Ross Cann | Aug 31, 2014 | Historical, Professional
This column has often lovingly called Newport the “Metropolitan Museum of Architecture” for the breadth and depth of its collection of important buildings from the colonial times through the early part of the nineteenth century. This audacious claim is based upon the...
by Ross Cann | Aug 11, 2014 | Historical
Newport is the repository of many treasures of American architectural history, including the JNA Griswold House. It is noted for the many surviving colonial-era buildings but the true building boom began around 1850 as Newport became a summer escape for southern...
by Ross Cann | Jun 29, 2014 | Historical
One of the most widely recognizable buildings in Newport is the Newport Casino. This complex of buildings located on Bellevue Avenue was commissioned in 1879 by James Gordon Bennett, who owned an estate across the street on the site where the Bellevue Garden complex...
by Ross Cann | Jun 15, 2014 | Historical
Newport has been many things over its lifetime: a Gilded Age resort, a post World War II Navy town, and today, an important destination for historic tourism. But at one time Newport was an early colonial settlement that was made prosperous by its excellent harbor and...
by Ross Cann | Mar 17, 2014 | Historical
With the end of Epiphany this past week, the Christian church has entered into Lent, a period of 40 days of reflection and self-denial. With the cold winter we have had here in Rhode Island and the dramatic climate events occurring around the world with increasing and...
by Ross Cann | Jan 9, 2014 | Historical
As Portsmouth ends the celebration of its founding 375 years ago, Newport’s celebration of the same birthday is just beginning. There are very few communities in America that have been around longer than Newport and none that are better preserved from an architectural...
