Newport Rhode Island

was founded by English settlers in 1639.  A major 18th century port city, Newport now contains among the highest number of surviving colonial buildings of any city in the United States.

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 I didn't get t a chance to take that many pictures of old houses, but I could have walked around the entire day and probably not got half the houses I would have liked to got pictures of.


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The Daniel Vaughn House stands on the original site. Built c.1785-1800, it has the shape and scale of a typical mid-eighteenth-century, five-bay house, yet land record evidence indicates no building stood on the site until at least 1795. The fanlight doorway is a feature of the Federal period, as are many details on the interior, which lends credence to the c.1800 build date. The Newport Restoration Foundation (NRF) purchased the property in 1969 and utilized the building as its office space until 1972 when the offices were moved to the Comstock Court complex on Mill Street. The Daniel Vaughn House was then restored in 1972-73.
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Look how they have triple windows.   See the ocean down the road?



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DSCN3427 The Joseph Record House is a two-story, end-to-the-street house built in 1835 on the present site.