Ochre Point–Cliffs Historic District
Ochre Point–Cliffs Historic District | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property | |
Ochre Point Avenue | |
41°28′29″N 71°17′54″W / 41.47472°N 71.29833°W / 41.47472; -71.29833 | |
Area | 230 acres (93 ha) |
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Built | 1850 |
Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Chateauesque, other |
Part of | Bellevue Avenue Historic District (ID72000023) |
NRHP reference No. | 75000211 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 18, 1975 |
Designated NHLDCP | December 8, 1972 |
The Ochre Point–Cliffs Historic District is a historic district in Newport, Rhode Island. The district includes a significant subset of the Bellevue Avenue Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District, including all of the major Gilded Age mansions on the waterfront facing Easton Bay between Memorial Boulevard and Marine Avenue. The district is home to famous mansions such as the William Watts Sherman House and The Breakers, one of the largest houses in the area built by the Vanderbilt Family.[2] The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
It includes Bois Doré, a French chateau-style mansion built in 1927, designed by New York architect Charles A. Platt for William Fahnestock, a New York banker.
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Richard B. Harrington (September 18, 1974). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Ochre Point–Cliffs Historic District (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved November 6, 2014. Includes maps and 16 photos from 1974.
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