Old Colony House
Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Washington Sq., Newport, RI |
| County | Newport County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Listed for | Politics and government, Architecture |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | Old Statehouse |
| Reference number | 66000014 |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Washington Sq., Newport, RI |
| Coordinates | 41.4908° N, 71.3133° W · Directions ↗ |
| Also in Newport | 69 listed places in Newport → · walking tour → |
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Map
Nearby in Newport County
Public land around it
| Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | About 3 miles away245 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
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Reference
Questions people ask
When was Old Colony House listed on the National Register?
Oct 15, 1966. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
Where is Old Colony House?
Washington Sq., Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Old Colony House?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000014. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.