Bellevue Avenue Historic District | |
Major contributing properties | |
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| Location | Newport, RI |
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| Coordinates | 41°28′13″N 71°18′26″W / 41.47028°N 71.30722°W |
| Area | 606 acres (242 ha) |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Mixed (more than two styles from different periods) |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000023 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 8, 1972[1] |
| Designated NHLD | May 11, 1976[2] |
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The Bellevue Avenue Historic District is located along and around Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Its property is almost exclusively residential, including many of the Gilded Age mansions built as summer retreats around the turn of the 20th century by the extremely wealthy, including the Vanderbilt and Astor families. Many of the homes represent pioneering work in the architectural styles of the time by major American architects.
The district was declared a National Historic Landmark (NHL) in 1976.[2][3] Several of the mansions within the district are also individually National Historic Landmarks, and a number of them are open to the public as museums. The district has become one of Newport's major tourist attractions.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Bellevue Avenue Historic District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 12, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
- ^ Pitts, Carolyn (February 5, 1976). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Bellevue Avenue Historic District (PDF). National Park Service.