Timeline of Newport, Rhode Island

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Timeline of Newport, Rhode Island.

17th century[]

18th century[]

19th century[]

  • 1803 - Newport National Bank incorporated.[2]
  • 1805 - First Methodist Episcopal Church established.[2]
  • 1810 - Spencer's variety store in business.[2]
  • 1811
    • Hammond's Circulating Library in business.[19]
    • Samuel Whitehorne House built.
  • 1814 - Sherman & Co. grocers in business.[2]
  • 1815 - September 23: Gale.[6]
  • 1819
    • Newport Asylum built on Coasters' Harbor Island.[20]
    • Savings Bank of Newport incorporated.[2]
  • 1823 - Newport Harbor Lighthouse built.
  • 1828 - Mechanics' Library established.[21]
  • 1831 - Newport Steam Factory built.
  • 1832 - Cozzens carpet shop in business.[22]
  • 1833 - June 19: Andrew Jackson visits Newport.[6]
  • 1834 - Zion Episcopal Church built.[4]
  • 1835
  • 1837 - Coddington cotton mill built.[4]
  • 1838 - Armory built.
  • 1839 - Kingscote (mansion) built.
  • 1845 - Ocean House hotel in business.[22]
  • 1846
  • 1847
    • Central Baptist Chursh established.[2]
    • Hazard grocery and Langley & Bennett in business.[22]
  • 1851 - Beechwood (mansion) built.
  • 1852
    • Street lighting by gas lamp begins (approximate date).[6]
    • Chateau-sur-Mer (residence) built.
  • 1853
  • 1854
  • 1855 - Touro Park established.[3]
  • 1857 - United Congregational Church built.
  • 1859 - August 23: Reunion of the Sons and Daughters of Newport.[6]
  • 1860 - Chepstow (mansion) built.
  • 1861 - Kaull & Anthony grocers in business.[2]
  • 1862 - Nason upholstery in business.[22]
  • 1863 - School house built on Willow Street.[23]
  • 1864
    • Old Colony and Newport Railway begins operating.[4]
    • Shiloh Baptist Church organized.[2]
  • 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.[5][24]
    • Scott grocery in business.[22]
  • 1866 - Atlantic House roller skating rink opens.[25]
  • 1867
  • Young Men's Christian Organization disbanded.
    • Newport Free Library and Reading Room Incorporated.[21]
    • Frasch confectionery in business.[22]
  • 1869
  • People's Library Incorporated
    • U.S. Naval Torpedo Station established on Goat Island.
    • August: Ulysses S. Grant visits Newport.[6]
  • 1870
  • 1871 - Newport Manufacturing Company mill built.[4]
  • 1873
  • 1874 - Ward's Circulating Library in business.[21]
  • 1875 - Population: 14,028.[5]
  • 1876 - International Polo Cup match held.
  • 1878
    • Young Men's Christian Association re-organized.[2]
    • King & McLeod (dry goods) and Marshall & Flynn (printer) in business.[22]
  • 1880
  • 1881
    • City water system authorized.[4]
    • Newport Skating Rink opens.[4]
    • Tennis tournament begins at Newport Casino.
    • Groff pharmacy in business.[22]
  • 1882
    • Couzens and Bull telephone exchange in business.[4]
    • Free Chapel of St. John the Evangelist established.[2]
    • Vinland Estate built.
  • 1883 - Isaac Bell House built.
  • 1884
  • 1885
  • 1888 - Carr bookseller and Hass florist in business.[22]
  • 1889 - Electric trolley begins operating.[4]
  • 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.[4]
  • 1896 - St. George's School established near Newport.
  • 1898 - Vernon Court (residence) built.
  • 1899 - September 7: Automobile parade.[4]
  • 1900 - Rhode Island state capital relocates to Providence.[29]

20th century[]

21st century[]

  • 2004 - City website online (approximate date).[33]
  • 2010 - Population: 24,672.
  • 2012 - October: Hurricane Sandy storm surge washes away large sections of the Cliff Walk[34]
  • 2014 - June: The Cliff Walk reopens after restoration following 2012's storm damage by Hurricane Sandy[35]
  • 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.[36] Newport mansions are closed.[37]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Morse 1797.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Sanford 1887.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Godfrey 1951.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Federal Writers' Project 1937: "Newport"
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Denison 1879.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k Bayles 1888.
  7. ^ Rhode Island Historical Society 1915.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b George C. Mason (1891), Annals of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, R.I: Redwood Library, OL 13993479M
  9. ^ "History of the NHS". Newport Historical Society. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  11. ^ George Adams (1856), Rhode Island Register, Providence: Gladding & Brother, OCLC 5628226, OL 20623769M
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c Carl Bridenbaugh (1971), Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America, 1743-1776, London: Oxford University Press, OL 16383796M
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Mercantile Illustrating Co. 1890.
  16. ^ "The origins of the American Civil Rights Movement began right here in Rhode Island..." Rhode Island Black Heritage Society. Rhode Island Black Heritage Society. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  17. ^ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
  18. ^ Greene 1865.
  19. ^ "Hammond Collection". New York Society Library. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  20. ^ Dix 1852.
  21. ^ Jump up to: a b c Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  22. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Parsons 1892.
  23. ^ 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
  24. ^ Rhode Island State Archives. "(Newport)". State Archives Catalog. State of Rhode Island. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  25. ^ 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.
  26. ^ Annual report of the Railroad Commissioner, for ... 1897, Providence, RI, 1898, OCLC 2381452, OL 20509117M
  27. ^ "Bicycle Riders at Newport". The New York Times. 31 May 1880. p. 1. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  28. ^ 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
  29. ^ Jump up to: a b Britannica 1910.
  30. ^ Civic League of Newport (1906), Bulletin
  31. ^ American Art Annual. 1917.
  32. ^ "Seamen's Church Institute". Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  33. ^ "City of Newport Home Page". Archived from the original on January 2004 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  34. ^ 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.
  35. ^ 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.
  36. ^ 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.
  37. ^ Gomersall, Jacqui (15 March 2020). "Newport mansions closing to visitors on Monday". WPRI-12. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  38. ^ Federal Writers' Project 1937, p. 463: "Chronology"

Bibliography[]

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. 13. New York. OCLC 13972268.
  • 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 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", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • 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 + Chronology
  • 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.
  • Trudy Ring and Robert M. Salkin, ed. (1995). "Newport". Americas. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. p. 471+. ISBN 978-1-134-25930-4.

Images[]

  • Newport, 1730

  • Newport, 19th century

  • Reunion, 1884

  • Thames Street, 19th century

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