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Kingscote
View of house from southeast, 2008
Kingscote (mansion) is located in Rhode Island
Kingscote (mansion)
LocationBellevue Ave. and Bowery St., Newport, Rhode Island
Arealess than one acre
Built1839
ArchitectRichard Upjohn
NRHP reference No.73000058[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 17, 1973
Designated NHLJune 19, 1996[2]

Kingscote is a Gothic Revival house museum in Newport, Rhode Island built in 1839. Kingscote was one of the first summer "cottages" constructed in Newport. The house is currently owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County and is open to the public.

History

George Noble Jones, a southern plantation owner who owned the El Destino Plantation and Chemonie Plantation, constructed this Gothic Revival style summer cottage along a farm path known as Bellevue Avenue. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, the Jones family permanently left Newport, and the house was sold in 1864 to William Henry King, an Old China Trade merchant. King's nephew David inherited and enlarged the house in 1878. In December 1880, he hired McKim, Mead and White to design a new addition to the house, including a new dining room with opalescent glass bricks purchased from Louis Comfort Tiffany. The King family owned the house until 1972, when the last descendant deeded it to the Preservation Society. Today, Kingscote is a National Historic Landmark (NHL) and a contributing property to the Bellevue Avenue Historic District, also an NHL. The house is a rare survivor of a Gothic Revival house and landscape with original family furnishings still remaining.[3]

  • Richard Upjohn's original 1839 watercolor of Kingscote, as seen from the southwest.
    Richard Upjohn's original 1839 watercolor of Kingscote, as seen from the southwest.
  • HABS photo of the front (southern) elevation.
    HABS photo of the front (southern) elevation.
  • The eastern elevation.
    The eastern elevation.
  • A detail of the front entrance.
    A detail of the front entrance.
  • The entrance hall.
    The entrance hall.

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Kingscote". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
  3. ^ The Preservation Society of Newport County - Online Ticket Center
  • Official website
  • Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. RI-307, "Kingscote, Bellevue Avenue & Bowery Street, Newport, Newport County, RI", 20 photos, 6 measured drawings, 11 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
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