by Ross Cann | Aug 17, 2022 | Articles, Newport Spotlight
The Captain Marin House was originally acquired in 1843 by George Henry Calvert and wife, Elizabeth Steuart when they relocated from Maryland. The house was designed in the “Cottage Orné” Gothic Revival style, which was popular at that time. This style is...
by Ross Cann | May 4, 2022 | Newport Spotlight
Thames Street in Newport has long been the ‘main street’ of the city’s waterfront since its settlement in 1639. Blessed with a perfectly protected deep water harbor just off the Atlantic Ocean routes connecting New York, Boston, and Charlestown, Newport quickly grew...
by Ross Cann | Apr 27, 2022 | Newport Spotlight
There are many high technology solutions to help fight climate change, but one of the best is also one of the oldest: to plant trees. According to Wikipedia, the first communal celebration of planting trees happened in 1594 in the Spanish village of Monoñedo, where...
by Ross Cann | Mar 30, 2022 | Newport Spotlight
Newport Architecture Spotlight: McKim, Mead, and White in the Catherine-Kay Neighborhood The architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White, by the turn of the twentieth century would be the largest, most prolific, and most impactful practice in the world. But just twenty...
by Ross Cann | Mar 2, 2022 | Newport Spotlight
Newport, since its founding in 1639, has gone through a series of rises and falls. In its early years, Newport was Rhode Island’s leading city thanks to its well protected deep-water harbor just off the Atlantic Ocean along the route connecting Boston and...
by Ross Cann | Jun 28, 2021 | Articles, Historical, Newport Spotlight
Reading of the Declaration of Independence on the Fourth of July Newport is a place of authentic architectural monuments and living history. The houses of the Point and Historic Hill neighborhoods have been in many cases occupied for as long as 250-300 years. That...
