Newport: Gilded Age Summer Capital
Newport sits at the southern end of Aquidneck Island and for more than a century has served as the summer retreat of the American industrial elite. The Breakers, completed in 1895 for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, is a 70-room Italian Renaissance palazzo on Ochre Point Avenue. Marble House, built in 1892 for William K. Vanderbilt and his wife Alva, cost the Vanderbilts about $11 million at the time. Both mansions are now operated as museums by the Preservation Society of Newport County, along with The Elms, Rosecliff, Chateau-sur-Mer, and several others along Bellevue Avenue and the Cliff Walk.
The Cliff Walk runs 3.5 miles along the Atlantic shoreline, offering public right-of-way access between the mansions and the sea. Roger Williams negotiated Newport's founding in 1639, and the city became a major colonial port, rivaling Boston in shipping tonnage through the mid-eighteenth century. Touro Synagogue, consecrated in 1763, is the oldest synagogue building still standing in North America.
The U.S. Naval War College, established in 1884, remains headquartered at Coasters Harbor Island. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center maintains its main site on Aquidneck Island. Newport also hosts the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the former Newport Casino, where the first U.S. Open tennis championship was played in 1881. The Newport Folk Festival and Newport Jazz Festival, both established by George Wein in the 1950s and 1960s, continue to draw tens of thousands annually at Fort Adams State Park.
Escort sites covering Newport and the surrounding Aquidneck Island communities are reviewed and indexed on Escortservice.com. The directory does not arrange appointments, verify legal status, or intercede between parties. Users must be at least 21 years of age.
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Newport sits at the southern end of Aquidneck Island and for more than a century has served as the summer retreat of the American industrial elite. The Breakers, completed in 1895 for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, is a 70-room Italian Renaissance palazzo on Ochre Point Avenue. Marble House, built in 1892 for William K. Vanderbilt and his wife Alva, cost the Vanderbilts about $11 million at the time. Both mansions are now operated as museums by the Preservation Society of Newport County, along with The Elms, Rosecliff, Chateau-sur-Mer, and several others along Bellevue Avenue and the Cliff Walk.
The Cliff Walk runs 3.5 miles along the Atlantic shoreline, offering public right-of-way access between the mansions and the sea. Roger Williams negotiated Newport's founding in 1639, and the city became a major colonial port, rivaling Boston in shipping tonnage through the mid-eighteenth century. Touro Synagogue, consecrated in 1763, is the oldest synagogue building still standing in North America.
The U.S. Naval War College, established in 1884, remains headquartered at Coasters Harbor Island. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center maintains its main site on Aquidneck Island. Newport also hosts the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the former Newport Casino, where the first U.S. Open tennis championship was played in 1881. The Newport Folk Festival and Newport Jazz Festival, both established by George Wein in the 1950s and 1960s, continue to draw tens of thousands annually at Fort Adams State Park.
Escort sites covering Newport and the surrounding Aquidneck Island communities are reviewed and indexed on Escortservice.com. The directory does not arrange appointments, verify legal status, or intercede between parties. Users must be at least 21 years of age.
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