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Ochre Point Cliffs Historic District

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Location
  
Newport, Rhode Island

NRHP Reference #
  
75000211

Area
  
93 ha

Added to NRHP
  
18 March 1975

Architect
  
Multiple

Designated NHLDCP
  
December 8, 1972

Year built
  
1850

Ochre Point-Cliffs Historic District

Architectural style
  
Late Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Other

Part of
  
Bellevue Avenue Historic District (#72000023)

The Ochre Point-Cliffs Historic District is a historic district in Newport, Rhode Island. The district includes a significant subset of the Bellevue Avenue Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District, including all of the major Gilded Age mansions on the waterfront facing Easton Bay between Memorial Boulevard and Marine Avenue. The district is home to famous mansions such as the William Watts Sherman House and The Breakers, one of the largest houses in the area built by the Vanderbilt Family. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

References

Ochre Point-Cliffs Historic District Wikipedia