Miramar
Miramar is a 30,000-square-foot bordering Bellevue Avenue on Aquidneck Island in Newport, Rhode Island. Overlooking Rhode Island Sound, it was intended as a summer home for the George D. Widener family of Philadelphia.- Type: House
- Description: Mansion in Newport, Rhode Island
- Address: 646 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI 02840
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rough Point and Marble House.
Rough Point
Rough Point is one of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, 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.Marble House
Museum
Marble House is a Gilded Age mansion located at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, 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. Marble House is situated 1,400 feet north of Miramar.
Rovensky Park
Park
Rovensky Park is a historic park at the corner of Bellevue Avenue and Rovensky Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, 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. Rovensky Park is situated 900 feet northwest of Miramar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newport and Jamestown.
Newport
Newport is a beautiful seaside city in Rhode Island 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.Jamestown
Jamestown is a village on Conanicut Island, a small parcel of land that connects mainland Rhode Island to Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay. Jamestown is 25 miles south of Providence and offers plenty of shopping, dining and recreation.Middletown
Middletown lies south of Portsmouth and north of Newport, Rhode Island. This geographical location is what gave this town its name. Middletown was founded in 1743 when unjust taxation and a growing population caused freeholders in Newport to petition for independence.Miramar
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.45834° or 41° 27′ 30″ north
Longitude
-71.305° or 71° 18′ 18″ west
Open location code
87HCFM5W+82
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=house
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Spanish to Turkish—“Miramar” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Miramar (mansión)”
- Spanish: “Miramar”
- Turkish: “Miramar”
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Highlights include Clarendon Court and Belcourt of Newport.
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