by Ross Cann AIA RA | Jun 18, 2026 | Architectural Design, Articles, Historical, Newport Spotlight
The Edward W. Kane & Martha J. Wallace Center for Black History (Newport, RI) On June 19, 2026, the city of Newport, Rhode Island will open a space dedicated to a history that its own civic memory long worked to erase. The city, founded in 1639 by religious...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Jun 16, 2026 | Architectural Design, Articles, Historical, Newport Architect Spotlight, Newport Spotlight
Champ Soleil, Newport, RI (Polhemus & Coffin, 1929) Champ Soleil: A Newport’s Gilded Age Estate Returns to the Spotlight On Newport’s famed Bellevue Avenue, a street already lined with American palaces (including the Vanderbilts’ Marble House,...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Jun 3, 2026 | Architectural Design, Articles, Historical, Newport Architect Spotlight
(The Before & After of 6 Elm Street, Newport, RI) Doris Duke: The Heiress Who Saved Colonial Newport When tobacco and hydroelectric fortune heiress Doris Duke surveyed Newport, Rhode Island in the late 1960s, she saw something that most of the world had long...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Jun 1, 2026 | Architectural Design, Articles, Historical, Newport Architect Spotlight, Newport Spotlight
Trinity Church, Newport, 2026 Standing at the heart of Queen Anne Square in Newport, Rhode Island, Trinity Church has watched three centuries of American life unfold around it. On May 31, 2026, Trinity Sunday, the congregation marked a milestone worthy of the whole...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | May 6, 2026 | Architectural Design, Articles, Historical, Newport Spotlight, Project Spotlight
White Horse Tavern (South Elevation) The White Horse Tavern: The Evolution of a Newport Institution Few buildings in America carry as much history within their walls as the White Horse Tavern in Newport, Rhode Island. Standing on the corner of Farewell and Marlborough...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Mar 18, 2026 | Architectural Design, Articles, Historical, Newport Spotlight
Seafair: Newport’s “Hurricane Hut” Located on the Ocean Drive in Newport, Rhode Island, Seafair, originally named Terre Mare, is a grand French château style mansion that has kept a quiet vigil over the Atlantic since its construction in 1935. This...
