Houses and mansions in Newport
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the Newport register is houses than any other kind of building, 27 listings of it in all.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1680 to 1835. 15 stops, 1.6 miles end to end. Of the stops, 2 are National Historic Landmarks.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Oct 16, 2026.
Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Charles Tillinghast House243-245 Thames St.Building · listed 1972start
- 2Dr. Charles Cotton House5 Cotton's CourtBuilding · listed 19720.1 mi from stop 1
- 3Clarke Street Meeting HouseClarke St.Building · listed 1971478 ft from stop 2
- 4Joseph Rogers House37 Touro St.Building · listed 197266 ft from stop 3
- 5Ezra Stiles House14 Clarke St.Building · listed 1972110 ft from stop 4
- 6Levi H. Gale House89 Touro St.Building · built 1835 · listed 1971451 ft from stop 5
- 7Lucas–Johnston House40 Division St.Building · listed 1971272 ft from stop 6
- 8John Tillinghast House142 Mill St.Building · built 1760 · listed 19730.2 mi from stop 7
- 9Capt. John Mawdsley House228 Spring St.Building · built 1680 · listed 19830.2 mi from stop 8
- 10Edward King HouseNHLAquidneck Park, Spring St.Building · listed 19700.2 mi from stop 9
- 11Samuel Whitehorne House414 Thames St.Building · listed 19710.2 mi from stop 10
- 12Francis Malbone House392 Thames St.Building · listed 1975337 ft from stop 11
- 13Isaac Bell Jr. HouseNHL70 Perry St.Building · listed 19970.3 mi from stop 12
- 14Isaac Bell House70 Perry St.Building · listed 1972146 ft from stop 13
- 15Charles H. Baldwin HouseBellevue Ave., opposite Perry St.Building · listed 1971379 ft from stop 14
1.6 straight-line miles over 14 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 15 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Local history books for Newport
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Rhode Island travel guides
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.