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Preservation Society of Newport County
Non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Preservation Society of Newport County |
| image | Osgood-Pell House, Newport Rhode Island.jpg |
| size | 250 |
| caption | Preservation Society Headquarters, Osgood-Pell House |
| formation | |
| founded | 1945 |
| founder | Katherine Warren |
| type | non-profit |
| purpose | Preserve a collection of historic house museums in Newport County |
| professional_title | |
| headquarters | Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island |
| coords | |
| region_served | Newport County, Rhode Island |
| leader_title | CEO & Executive Director |
| leader_name | Trudy Coxe |
| website |
The Preservation Society of Newport County is a private, non-profit organization based in Newport, Rhode Island. It is Rhode Island's largest and most-visited cultural organization. The organization protects the architectural heritage of Newport County, especially the Bellevue Avenue Historic District. Seven of its 14 historic properties and landscapes are National Historic Landmarks, and most are open to the public.
The organization has filed lawsuits to block offshore wind farms in Rhode Island, arguing that wind farms harm scenic views and threaten "historic resources".
History
The Preservation Society of Newport County was founded in 1945 by a group of Newport residents led by Katherine and George Warren to save Hunter House from demolition. They were known as the Georgian Society until they changed their name to the Preservation Society of Newport County.
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt's widow, bequeathed $1.25 million to the society upon her death in 1978.
Properties open to the public
| Image | Name | Year built | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (*circa) | Style | Architect | Refs | ||||||||||||
| [[File:ArnoldBuryingGround.sign.jpg | 150px | center]] | Arnold Burying Ground | Founded 1675 | Cemetery | ||||||||||
| [[File:The_Breakers,_exterior_ii.jpg | center | 150x150px]] | The Breakers | 1895 | Neo Italian Renaissance | Richard Morris Hunt | url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1058&ResourceType=Building | title=Breakers, The | access-date=June 28, 2008 | work=National Historic Landmark summary listing | publisher=National Park Service | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812035956/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1058&ResourceType=Building | archive-date=August 12, 2009 | df=mdy-all}} |
| [[File:Chateau Sur Mer, Newport, RI.JPG | 150px | center]] | Chateau-sur-Mer | 1852 (remodeled 1870s) | Seth C. Bradford (construction) | ||||||||||
| Richard Morris Hunt (renovations) | |||||||||||||||
| Ogden Codman, Jr. (design) | url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-1108232683&ResourceType=Building | title=Chateau-sur-Mer | access-date=2008-02-21 | work=National Historic Landmark summary listing | publisher=National Park Service | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812035946/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-1108232683&ResourceType=Building | archive-date=2009-08-12 }} | |||||||
| [[File:Chepstow mansion in Newport, Rhode Island.jpg | 150px | center]] | Chepstow | 1860 | Italianate | George Champlin Mason Sr. | |||||||||
| John Grovesnor (1978 addition) | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:The Elms - Rhode Island.jpg | 150px | center]] | The Elms | 1901 | Classical Revival | Horace Trumbauer | 2007a}} | ||||||||
| [[File:IMG 3915 - panoramio.jpg | 150px | center]] | Green Animals Topiary Garden | Victorian | Joseph Carreiro, George Mendonca (Gardeners) | ||||||||||
| [[File:Hunter House, Newport, RI edit1.jpg | 150px | center]] | Hunter House | 1748–1754 | Georgian | ||||||||||
| [[File:Isaac Bell House 2018-06-13.jpg | 150px | center]] | Isaac Bell House | 1883 | Shingle style | McKim, Mead and White | |||||||||
| [[File:Kingscote 02.jpg | 150px | center]] | Kingscote | 1839 (remodeled 1870s, remodeled 1880s) | Gothic Revival | Richard Upjohn | |||||||||
| George C. Mason (1870s renovation) | |||||||||||||||
| McKim, Mead and White (1880s renovation) | url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1307&ResourceType=Building | title=Kingscote | access-date=2008-06-28 | work=National Historic Landmark summary listing | publisher=National Park Service | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812040017/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1307&ResourceType=Building | archive-date=2009-08-12}} | |||||||
| [[File:Marble_House,_Newport_RI.jpg | center | 150x150px | Marble House, Newport RI]] | Marble House | 1892 | Beaux-Arts | Richard Morris Hunt | url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1143737094&ResourceType=Building | title=Marble House | access-date=December 12, 2012 | work=National Historic Landmark summary listing | publisher=National Park Service | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812040007/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1143737094&ResourceType=Building | archive-date=August 12, 2009 }} |
| [[File:Rosecliff (1308020662).jpg | 150px | center]] | Rosecliff | 1902 | French Baroque Revival | McKim, Mead & White | 2009a}} |
Former properties
| Image | Name | Year built | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (*circa) | Style | Architect | Notes | ||||
| [[File:Malbone Castle from the East.jpg | 150px | center]] | Malbone Castle | 1849 (remodeled 1875) | Gothic Revival | Alexander Jackson Davis | |
| Dudley Newton (renovations} | 2007a}} | ||||||
| [[File:The White Horse Tavern Newport Rhode Island est. 1673.jpg | 150px | center]] | White Horse Tavern | 1652–1673 | Francis Brinley, William Mayes | Restored by the PSNC in 1952, but now privately owned and operated as a working tavern |
References
References
- RINewsToday. (2023-11-23). "Block Island and Newport preservationists fight to protect Rhode Island from massive wind farms".
- Belmore, Ryan. (2023-11-22). "Preservation Society of Newport County files federal appeals to highlight legal errors in permitting review of offshore wind farms".
- (August 19, 1978). "Vanderbilt will". Democrat and Chronicle.
- "Breakers, The". National Park Service.
- "Chateau-sur-Mer". National Park Service.
- {{NRISref. 2007a
- "Elms, The". National Park Service.
- "Green Animals Topiary Garden". [[Newport Mansions]].
- "Kingscote". National Park Service.
- "Marble House". National Park Service.
- {{NRISref
- {{NRISref. 2009a
- {{NRISref. 2007a
- ""Malbone" (J. Prescott Hall-Henry Bedlow House)". [[Historic American Buildings Survey]] [[National Park Service]] [[Department of the Interior]].
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