by Ross Cann | Jul 11, 2023 | Articles, Newport Spotlight
Bellevue Avenue Facade of the Newport Casino Next week the eyes of the tennis world will be on Newport as many of the players from Wimbledon will be competing in the Infosys Hall of Fame Open. This is the only ATP men’s tournament played on grass in North...
by Ross Cann | Jun 14, 2023 | Articles, Newport Spotlight
Camden Riviere Serving Hidden at the back of the International Tennis Hall of Fame located at the Newport Casino (194 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island) is one of the rare existing examples of an eight-hundred-year-old sport called Real Tennis, which is...
by Ross Cann | Aug 22, 2022 | Articles, Newport Spotlight
The Belmont Chapel, located in Newport’s Island Cemetery, was built in 1886 by Mr. and Mrs. August Belmont, Sr., as a tribute to their beloved daughter Jane, who died at the age of nineteen. The Chapel was designed in the Gothic style by father-son architect duo...
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...
