The Charles Tillinghast House was a historic house at 243–245 Thames Street in downtown Newport, Rhode Island. It was a 2+1⁄2-story timber-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, built around 1710–20. It was one of the oldest buildings in the city. It was probably built by Charles Tillinghast, whose family was among the founders of Rhode Island. The house had a distinctive cove-shaped plaster cornice, typically found on houses of this period. It was one of the first houses to be built on Thames Street.[2]
Charles Tillinghast House | |
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| Location | 243-245 Thame St., Newport, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°29′19″N 71°18′54″W / 41.48861°N 71.31500°W |
| Built | 1715 |
| Demolished | c. 1973 |
| Part of | Newport Historic District (ID68000001[1]) |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001576 [1] |
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| Added to NRHP | January 20, 1972 |
| Designated NHLDCP | November 24, 1968 |
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1] It was demolished shortly after to make way for an extension of America's Cup Highway to Memorial Boulevard.[3][4]
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edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Charles Tillinghast House". National Park Service. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
- ^ "3 Historic Places Put on Register". Newport Mercury. February 11, 1972 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "List of Resources/Resource Inventory: Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" (PDF). Hudson River Valley Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 27, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.