by Ross Cann | Aug 8, 2024 | Articles, Newport Architect Spotlight
The Newport Architecture Tour Map Newport, since its founding in 1639, has been a community wedded to its waterfront and became known as the “City by The Sea”. During its early days, the community grew up on The Point and Historic Hill, with the city depending upon...
by Ross Cann | Aug 1, 2024 | Articles, Newport Architect Spotlight
The Newport Architecture Tour Map Following the arrival of Caroline Astor (Mrs. William Backhouse When Astor Jr.) to Newport in 1880 things started to change rapidly. What had been a quiet and gentile summer retreat for old money people from New York, Boston,...
by Ross Cann | Jul 24, 2024 | Articles, Newport Architect Spotlight
The Newport Architecture Tour Map During Newport’s occupation by the British forces from 1776 to 1779, the population of the town decreased by fifty percent, and it would never return to its status as the fifth most populated city in North America. It was,...
by Ross Cann | Jan 2, 2024 | Architectural Historian Spotlight, Articles, Newport Spotlight
The Shingle Style has become one of the most popular and long-lived styles of architectural design, particularly in the eastern resort cities. Many will find it surprising that the style, which has become so popular, was originally a relatively short-lived offshoot of...
by Ross Cann | Dec 11, 2023 | Articles, Newport Spotlight
The Breakers During the Christmas Season (Newport, Rhode Island) Newport has gained fame as the summer resort for wealthy families during the Gilded Age. The grand mansions, constructed between 1865 and 1915, were primarily utilized during an 8 to 10-week period from...
