Rough Point

Rough Point is one of the Gilded Age mansions of , now open to the public as a museum. It is an English Manorial style home designed by architectural firm Peabody & Stearns for Frederick William Vanderbilt.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, United States
  • Also known as: “Rough Point Mansion”
  • Address: 680 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI 02840

Places of Interest

Highlights include Marble House and Rovensky Park.

Museum
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is a Gilded Age mansion located at 596 Bellevue Avenue in , United States. It was built from 1888 to 1892 as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Beaux Arts style.

Park
is a historic park at the corner of Bellevue Avenue and Rovensky Avenue in , United States. The park grounds were created in 1852, and the park was purchased by the Preservation Society of Newport County in 1959 with $175,000 grant donated by John E.

House
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is a 30,000-square-foot bordering Bellevue Avenue on in . Overlooking , it was intended as a summer home for the George D. Widener family of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newport and Jamestown.

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is a beautiful seaside city in that is famous for its genteel mansions and a rich history of yachting, golf, and tennis. With a population of only 25,000, this scenic resort town punches well above its weight and was known as the "Summer White House" throughout the 1950s and 60s.

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is a village on Conanicut Island, a small parcel of land that connects mainland Rhode Island to Aquidneck Island in Bay. is 25 miles south of and offers plenty of shopping, dining and recreation.

Rough Point

Latitude
41.4553° or 41° 27′ 19″ north
Longitude
-71.30536° or 71° 18′ 19″ west
Elevation
-66 feet (-20 metres)
Open location code
87HCFM4V+4V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 882221285
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­house
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
5224440
Wiki­data ID
Q7370843
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In Other Languages

From French to Turkish—“Rough Point” goes by many names.
  • French: “Rough Point”
  • Russian: “Раф-Пойнт”
  • Spanish: “Rough Point”
  • Turkish: “Rough Point”

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Notable Places Nearby

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