National Historic Landmark-Newport Historic District

National Historic Landmark- Newport Historic District

From around 1740 until the Revolution, when it was occupied by the British, Newport flourished as a port and mercantile center and as Newport was Rhode Island's colonial capital.

The district's Georgian public buildings and ...

Old DeLand Colored Hospital

The original masonry vernacular building constructed in 1926 was significant in the development of medical services for African American residents of Volusia County. The original building was replaced because of termite damage with a similar-looking one erected in the mid-1990s. ...

National Historic Landmark-Newport Casino

National Historic Landmark- Newport Casino

Built in 1880-1881, this Shingle-Style wood-frame complex of buildings is architecturally significant as an early design of the famed American architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White.

It is also one of the first examples of ...

J.W. Wright Building

This building was constructed in 1920 and designed by architect Francis Miller, who was active in the Florida land boom of the 1920s. The Wright Building is a two-story masonry vernacular structure. Until the 1960s, the building was a cornerstone ...

National Historic Landmark-Governor Henry Lippitt House

National Historic Landmark- Governor Henry Lippitt House

Constructed about 1862-65, this three story brick-faced structure is a beautifully preserved Italian Villa built for Henry Lippitt, Governor of Rhode Island in 1875-76.

Architect/builder Henry Childs provided lavish and colorful decorations inside the ...

National Historic Landmark-Kingscote

National Historic Landmark- Kingscote

Kingscote is one of the first of Newport's summer cottages, and a predecessor of those mansions which were built later and would characterize America's age of luxury and industrial wealth.

The house was at the center ...

National Historic Landmark-Edward King House

National Historic Landmark-Edward King House

This early, excellent, and little-altered example of a monumentally scaled residence in the Italian Villa style of architecture of the mid-19th century is typical of that style in its asymmetrical massing.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historic ...

National Historic Landmark-Hunter House

National Historic Landmark-Hunter House

This large 2-1/2 story house (1748) with balustraded gambrel roof and heavy stud construction is an excellent example of an early Georgian frame residence.

It was presumably built for Deputy Royal Governor Jonathan Nichols, Jr.

Courtesy National Park ...

National Historic Landmark-Governor Stephen Hopkins House

National Historic Landmark-Governor Stephen Hopkins House

The exterior and interior woodwork, fireplaces, and trim are relatively intact in this house acquired in 1742 by Hopkins, Royal Governor of Rhode Island (1755-57), later a member of both Continental Congresses, and a ...

National Historic Landmark-John N.A. Griswold House

National Historic Landmark- John N.A. Griswold House

Completed in 1864, this building is a seminal work by the noted American architect Richard Morris Hunt and is considered by architectural historians to be the first example of the mature Stick Style of ...