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Chapter 1 · Building
Fairholme
Fairholme
Reported completion / phase: 1875
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A Tudor Revival mansion built by Furness & Hewitt for Fairman Rogers in Newport. Later alterations involved other architects. 1874–1875. Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
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Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1874–1875. Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
A remote or manually navigated catalogue study. The order follows recorded dates, not a pedestrian route; nearby regional places may be far apart. No walking duration is estimated.
Check each place's actual location and visitor rules. A catalogue pin does not grant entry or confirm present access. Use the atlas record and linked sources to plan a visit.
Automatically assembled catalogue study. Where text is drawn from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 applies to that text. Wikipedia article and contributor links are included with each applicable stop. Passages may be excerpted or abridged and include additional editorial date context. Other sources and original observation prompts retain their own terms.
1. Fairholme
Fairholme · Reported completion / phase: 1875
A Tudor Revival mansion built by Furness & Hewitt for Fairman Rogers in Newport. Later alterations involved other architects. 1874–1875. Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Observe: Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes.
Access: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
Record context: 1874–1875. Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Record context: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
A marble-clad Newport house organized around a monumental columned entrance, commissioned for Alva and William K. Vanderbilt. 1888–1892. The main house was built from 1888 to 1892. The separate 1914 Tea House is excluded from this record.
Observe: Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes.
Access: Published coordinate for the identified building; not a city-centre estimate.
Record context: 1888–1892. The main house was built from 1888 to 1892. The separate 1914 Tea House is excluded from this record.
Record context: Published coordinate for the identified building; not a city-centre estimate.
An oceanfront Vanderbilt house with a monumental arcaded facade and elaborate reception rooms. It replaced an earlier mansion destroyed by fire. 1893–1895. The current mansion was built in 1893–1895; the previous house on this property was a different building.
Observe: Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes.
Access: Published coordinate for the identified building; not a city-centre estimate.
Record context: 1893–1895. The current mansion was built in 1893–1895; the previous house on this property was a different building.
Record context: Published coordinate for the identified building; not a city-centre estimate.