Newport

Nonfiction, Travel, Pictorials, Art & Architecture, Photography, History
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Author: Rob Lewis ISBN: 9781439632277
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: May 1, 1996
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Language: English
Author: Rob Lewis
ISBN: 9781439632277
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: May 1, 1996
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Language: English

Founded in 1639, the city of Newport offered a temperate climate and a wealth of natural resources to early settlers seeking religious freedom. In Colonial times, Newport flourished as one of New England�s largest seaports, a prosperity dimmed only by the Revolutionary War and subsequent three-year British occupation. Despite the fact that more than one-third of existing homes in Newport were destroyed by the British during their stay, Newport today still has the largest number of eighteenth-century homes of all cities in the United States. In 1968, the Newport Restoration Foundation was founded by tobacco heiress Doris Duke to preserve, protect, and restore the city�s eighteenth and nineteenth-century architecture. The foundation�s extensive photographic archives have been made available to area resident and modern-day photographer Rob Lewis in the creation of this new and exciting photographic history.

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Founded in 1639, the city of Newport offered a temperate climate and a wealth of natural resources to early settlers seeking religious freedom. In Colonial times, Newport flourished as one of New England�s largest seaports, a prosperity dimmed only by the Revolutionary War and subsequent three-year British occupation. Despite the fact that more than one-third of existing homes in Newport were destroyed by the British during their stay, Newport today still has the largest number of eighteenth-century homes of all cities in the United States. In 1968, the Newport Restoration Foundation was founded by tobacco heiress Doris Duke to preserve, protect, and restore the city�s eighteenth and nineteenth-century architecture. The foundation�s extensive photographic archives have been made available to area resident and modern-day photographer Rob Lewis in the creation of this new and exciting photographic history.

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