Kingscote
Newport, United States
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Kingscote, a Gothic Revival mansion at the intersection of Bowery Street and Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, was designed by Richard Upjohn and built in 1839. As one of Newport's earliest summer "cottages," it exemplifies the architectural ambitions that would transform the city into an elite retreat. The house was remodeled and extended by George Champlin Mason and later by Stanford White, whose interventions shaped its evolving character across the nineteenth century. The King family's ownership from 1864 to 1972 marked a period of stewardship that ended when the house was given to the Preservation Society of Newport County. Now a National Historic Landmark, Kingscote stands as a museum and testament to the origins of Newport's gilded mansion era.
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- Type
- mansion, historic house museum
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place, National Historic Landmark
- Place
- Newport, United States
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