Chepstow (mansion)

Chepstow Mansion

Chepstow is an Italianate house museum located at 120 Narragansett Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, built in 1860. It originally served as a summer "cottage", but the Preservation Society of Newport County now owns the property. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Ochre Point-Cliffs Historic District in 1975 and within the Historic District of the City of Newport.[1]

History

Edmund Schermerhorn hired George Champlin Mason, Sr. to build the house in 1860 as a summer home. It was sold to Mrs. Emily Morris Gallatin in 1911, and the property remained in her family's possession until it was donated to the Preservation Society in 1986 upon Alletta McBean’s death. The house has been altered through additions, the most recent in 1979 with the addition of the garden room (also called the sun room) by architect John Grovesnor. It opened to the public in 1998 following Peter McBean’s death.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Tax Assessor’s Plat 34; Chapter 17.40 and 17.80 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Newport.
  2. ↑ The Preservation Society of Newport County - Online Ticket Center (accessed January 7, 2009)
  3. ↑ Visit RI website information

Coordinates: 41°28′34.1″N 71°18′17.7″W / 41.476139°N 71.304917°W / 41.476139; -71.304917


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