National Historic Landmark-Chateau-sur-Mer

National Historic Landmark- Chateau-sur-Mer

Built as an Italianate style villa by local contractor Seth Bradford for William Shepard Wetmore, who had retired from the China Trade, Chateau-sur-Mer was home to three generations of the Wetmore family.

Remodeled during the 1870s ...

Chateau-sur-Mer & Its Neighbors: A Victorian District Preserved

The buildings surrounding Chateau-sur-Mer capture the spirit of Newport in the High Victorian era. This block preserves one of the greatest concentrations of Victorian architecture and landscape design in Newport from the period 1850 to 1890. The residents of ...