On a blustery March day in 1813, James DeWolf pored over the ledgers in his counting house in Bristol, Rhode Island.
Curious Objects: The House that Vanderbilt—Gilded Age Mansions of Newport, RI
A virtual tour of the suite of Gilded Age mansions built for the Vanderbilts, Oelrichs, Astors, and Berwinds in Newport, Rhode Island, by the likes of Richard Morris Hunt and Stanford White.
History in towns: Bristol Rhode Island
from The Magazine ANTIQUES, Summer 2010 | On a blustery March day in 1813, James DeWolf pored overthe ledgers in his counting house in Bristol, Rhode Island.Startled by the roar of a cannon, he sprang to his feet. His mindflashed back to 1775, when the British had shelled Bristol andsubsequently burned thirty buildings including his childhoodhome. Could the British have …
Ralph Emerson Carpenter Jr., 1909-2009
Ralph Emerson Carpenter Jr. of Newport, Rhode Island, died on Monday, February 2, in the middle of his ninety-ninth year. Known affectionately as “Mr. Newport” for his lifelong work on the historic preservation of Newport’s architecture and for his research and writing on eighteenth-century Newport furniture made by the Townsends and the Goddards, Carpenter was a superbly elegant gentleman. His …