Timeline of Newport, Rhode Island
Timeline of Newport, Rhode Island .
17th century
1639 - William Coddington settles.
1643 - First Society of Friends established (approximate date).
1644
1647 - Friends' Burial Ground established.
1654 - Thames Street laid out.
1656 - Second Baptist Church established.
1663 - Easton's windmill built.
1673 - White Horse Tavern enlarged into a tavern.
1675 - Clifton Burying Ground established.
1677
1681 - Custom-house established.
1690 - Town House built.
1695 - First Congregational Church established.
1696 — The first recorded slave ship, the "Sea Flower," arrives in Newport carrying 47 captives, 14 of whom are sold in Newport.[ 7]
1697 - Mumford house (residence) built (approximate date).
1699 - Great Friends Meeting House built.
18th century
19th century
1803 - Newport National Bank incorporated.
1805 - First Methodist Episcopal Church established.
1810 - Spencer's variety store in business.
1811
1814 - Sherman & Co. grocers in business.
1815 - September 23: Gale.
1819
Newport Asylum built on Coasters' Harbor Island.
Savings Bank of Newport incorporated.
1823 - Newport Harbor Lighthouse built.
1828 - Mechanics' Library established.[ 24]
1831 - Newport Steam Factory built.
1832 - Cozzens carpet shop in business.
1833 - June 19: Andrew Jackson visits Newport.
1834 - Zion Episcopal Church built.
1835
1837 - Coddington cotton mill built.
1838 - Armory built.
1839 - Kingscote (mansion) built.
1845
1846
1847
Central Baptist Chursh established.
Hazard grocery and Langley & Bennett in business.
1851 - Beechwood (mansion) built.
1852
1853
City incorporated again.
Robert B. Cranston becomes mayor.
Church of the Holy Name of Mary built.
1854
1855 - Touro Park established.
1857 - United Congregational Church built.
1859 - August 23: Reunion of the Sons and Daughters of Newport.
1860 - Chepstow (mansion) built.
1861 - Kaull & Anthony grocers in business.
1862 - Nason upholstery in business.
1863 - School house built on Willow Street.[ 26]
1864
1865
Newport Free Library and Reading Room established, first public library in Rhode Island.
Young Men's Christian Organization formed with the goal to gather books for a library.
Newport Light Infantry formed.[ 27]
Scott grocery in business.
1866 - Atlantic House roller skating rink opens.[ 28]
1867
Young Men's Christian Organization disbanded.
Newport Free Library and Reading Room Incorporated.[ 24]
Frasch confectionery in business.
Opera house established.
1869
People's Library Incorporated
1870
Rose Island Light built.
The People's Free Library, later the Newport Public Library opens at its new location on Thames Street on May 4 completing the merger with the Newport Free Library and Reading Room.[ 29]
Newport & Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company organized.[ 30]
Population - 12,521.
1871 - Newport Manufacturing Company mill built.
1873
1874 - Ward's Circulating Library in business.[ 24]
1875 - Population: 14,028.
1876 - International Polo Cup match held.
1878
Young Men's Christian Association re-organized.
King & McLeod (dry goods) and Marshall & Flynn (printer) in business.
1880
1881
1882
Couzens and Bull telephone exchange in business.
Free Chapel of St. John the Evangelist established.
Vinland Estate built.
1883 - Isaac Bell House built.
1884
1885
St. Joseph's Church established.
Morton Park established (approximate date).
Stone Tower restored.
1888 - Carr bookseller and Hass florist in business.
1889 - Electric trolley begins operating.
1890's - Bailey's Beach founded.
1891 - Rockhurst (residence) built.
1892 - Marble House , Ochre Court , and Rough Point built.
1893
1894 - Belcourt Castle (residence) built.
1895 - National Open Golf Championship held at Newport Country Club.
1896 - St. George's School established near Newport.
1898 - Vernon Court (residence) built.
1899 - September 7: Automobile parade.
1900 - Rhode Island state capital relocates to Providence .
20th century
21st century
2004 - City website online (approximate date).[ 38]
2010 - Population: 24,672.
2012 - October: Hurricane Sandy storm surge washes away large sections of the Cliff Walk [ 39]
2014 - June: The Cliff Walk reopens after restoration following 2012's storm damage by Hurricane Sandy [ 40]
2020 - March: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , all dine-in restaurants, bars, movie theaters, and all gatherings of 25 or more are banned in Newport and across the state. This brings a halt to nearly all concerts, sports, and other events.[ 41] Newport mansions are closed.[ 42]
2022 - March: A 20-foot section of the Ciff Walk collapses near Narragansett Avenue and Webster Street and is closed[ 43]
See also
References
^ a b Landeck, Katie (12 February 2024). "How did Black people immigrate to RI? And why did they settle mostly in Providence?" . The Providence Journal. USA Today network. p. 15A. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024 .
^ Rhode Island Historical Society 1915 .
^ a b George C. Mason (1891), Annals of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum , Newport, R.I: Redwood Library, OL 13993479M
^ "History of the NHS" . Newport Historical Society. Retrieved December 12, 2012 .
^ a b "US Newspaper Directory" . Chronicling America . Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved December 12, 2012 .
^ George Adams (1856), Rhode Island Register , Providence: Gladding & Brother, OCLC 5628226 , OL 20623769M
^ a b c Carl Bridenbaugh (1971), Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America, 1743-1776 , London: Oxford University Press, OL 16383796M
^ Bruce M. Bigelow (1931). "Aaron Lopez: Colonial Merchant of Newport". New England Quarterly . 4 (4): 757– 776. doi :10.2307/359587 . JSTOR 359587 . . Virginia Bever Platt (1975). " 'And Don't Forget the Guinea Voyage': The Slave Trade of Aaron Lopez of Newport". William and Mary Quarterly . 32 (4): 601– 618. doi :10.2307/1919556 . JSTOR 1919556 .
^ Jesse Lemisch (July 1968). "Jack Tar in the Streets: Merchant Seamen in the Politics of Revolutionary America". William and Mary Quarterly . 25 (3): 371– 407. doi :10.2307/1921773 . JSTOR 1921773 .
^ "The origins of the American Civil Rights Movement began right here in Rhode Island..." Rhode Island Black Heritage Society . Retrieved 20 December 2017 .
^ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 , US Census Bureau, 1998
^ "Hammond Collection" . New York Society Library. Retrieved December 12, 2012 .
^ a b c Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876" . Princeton University. Retrieved December 12, 2012 .
^ Services at the dedication of the school house erected by the Trustees of the Long Wharf, May 20th, 1863 , Newport: Printed by Pratt and Messer, 1863, OL 7021414M
^ Rhode Island State Archives. "(Newport)" . State Archives Catalog . State of Rhode Island. Retrieved September 30, 2015 .
^ Stephen Van Dulken (2001). Inventing the 19th Century: 100 Inventions that Shaped the Victorian Age . New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-8810-3 .
^ "Library History - Newport Public Library" . 16 January 2019.
^ Annual report of the Railroad Commissioner, for ... 1897 , Providence, RI, 1898, OCLC 2381452 , OL 20509117M {{citation }}
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^ "Bicycle Riders at Newport" . The New York Times . 31 May 1880. p. 1. Retrieved 4 May 2021 .
^ Frank G. Harris (1885), History of the Re-union of the Sons and Daughters of Newport, R.I., July 4th, 1884 , Newport: Davis & Pitman, printers, OCLC 5837728 , OL 7013504M
^ Civic League of Newport (1906), Bulletin
^ American Art Annual . 1917.
^ "Seamen's Church Institute" . Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2012 .
^ "Eisenhower House at Fort Adams State Park" . Rhode Island State Parks . State of Rhode Island. Retrieved 30 December 2024 .
^ "American History TV: Eisenhower House" . C-SPAN . C-SPAN. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2024 .
^ "City of Newport Home Page" . Archived from the original on 2004-01-27 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine .
^ Flynn, Sean (6 November 2012). "Sandy: The Aftermath The damage is done Repairs to the Cliff Walk will cost the city about $2 million" . NewportRI.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015 .
^ Burns, Frances (25 June 2015). "Tourists can once again traverse the Hurricane Sandy-damaged Cliff Walk in Newport, R.I." UPI. Retrieved 3 November 2015 .
^ Miller, G. Wayne (16 March 2020). "Raimondo shutting dine-in restaurants, bars for 2 weeks; 'community spread' of virus now seen in R.I." The Providence Journal. Retrieved 22 March 2020 .
^ Gomersall, Jacqui (15 March 2020). "Newport mansions closing to visitors on Monday" . WPRI-12. Retrieved 22 March 2020 .
^ Barrett, Scott (3 March 2022). " 'I'm not convinced it's done yet': Section of Cliff Walk in Newport closed after collapse" . Newport Daily News. Retrieved 15 April 2022 .
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Published in the 18th-19th century
Jedidiah Morse (1797), "Newport" , American Gazetteer , Boston: At the presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews
John Dix (1852), A hand-book of Newport, and Rhode Island , Newport: C. E. Hammett, Jr., OL 14010810M
George C. Mason (1854), Newport Illustrated , New York: D. Appleton & Co., OCLC 2000062 , OL 271691M
Records of the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England , A.C. Greene and Brothers, 1865, OCLC 83697440 , OL 20490388M
Frederic Denison (1879), "Newport" , The past and the present: Narragansett, sea and shore , Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid
Joseph Sabin , ed. (1881). "Newport, R.I." . Bibliotheca Americana . Vol. 13. New York. OCLC 13972268 .{{cite book }}
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Newport villa owners' summer visitors' and residents' guide to the reliable business interests of the city , Boston: W. G. Morrison & Co., 1883, OL 14030637M
Haut ton Newport, per se: one Athens, one Rome, one London, and one Newport , Providence, R.I.: Frazier & Whiting, 1884, OL 24240041M
"Newport (Rhode Island)" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 17 (9th ed.). 1884.{{cite encyclopedia }}
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Newport Household Directory , Providence: Sanford Publishing Co., 1887, OL 23742750M
Richard M. Bayles, ed. (1888), History of Newport County, Rhode Island , New York: L. E. Preston & Co., OCLC 2093778 , OL 6927312M
Newport and its points of interest , New York: Mercantile Illustrating Co., 1890, OCLC 16889491 , OL 13522970M
Clarence Stanhope (1891), In and around Newport. 1891 , Providence: Press of the Ryder & Dearth Co., OL 14014415M
"City of Newport" . Industries and wealth of the principal points in Rhode Island . NY: Parsons. 1892.
Clarence Stanhope (1892), In and around Newport. 1892 , Newport: Daily News job print, OL 14014416M
Scenic views of Newport , Fall River, Mass: E.P. Charlton, 1900, OL 14041099M
Published in the 20th century
May Van Rensselaer (1905), Newport: our social capital , Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, OCLC 1145979 , OL 6963237M
"Newport (Rhode Island)" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 534– 535.
Edith May Tilley (1914), Historic Spots in Newport , Newport, R.I: Mercury Pub. Co., OCLC 14237785 , OL 24181775M
Rhode Island imprints: a list of books, pamphlets, newspapers and broadsides printed at Newport, Providence, Warren, Rhode Island, between 1727 and 1800 , Providence: Rhode Island Historical Society, 1915, OL 7091649M
A guide to Newport, Rhode Island , Newport: Gabriel Weis, 1916, OL 14010639M
Federal Writers' Project (1937), "Newport" , Rhode Island , American Guide Series , Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, OCLC 691847 {{citation }}
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William S. Godfrey, Jr. (October 1951). "The Archaeology of the Old Stone Mill in Newport, Rhode Island". American Antiquity . 17 (2): 120– 129. doi :10.2307/277246 . JSTOR 277246 . S2CID 162235189 .
Trudy Ring and Robert M. Salkin, ed. (1995). "Newport" . Americas . International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. p. 471+. ISBN 978-1-134-25930-4 .
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