Charles H. Baldwin House

	Charles H. Baldwin House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark District; Contributing Property
	Charles H. Baldwin House, April 2022
	Charles H. Baldwin House Location within Rhode Island Charles H. Baldwin House Location within the United States
Location	Bellevue Avenue, opposite Perry Street, in; Newport, Rhode Island; United States
Coordinates	41°28′44″N 71°18′31″W / 41.47889°N 71.30861°W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1877
Architect	Potter & Robinson
Architectural style	Queen Anne; Shingle Style
Part of	Bellevue Avenue Historic District (ID72000023)
NRHP reference No.	71000018
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 06, 1971
Designated NHLDCP	December 8, 1972

Charles H. Baldwin House is a historic house on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, that is part of the Bellevue Avenue Historic District, but is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Description

The house is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, finished on the exterior in brick, clapboards, and shingles. It was designed by William Appleton Potter and Robert Anderson and built in 1877–78, and is an excellent example of a transitional style between the Queen Anne and Shingle styles. The building features the asymmetrical and busy massing, with many gables, an extended porch with turned columns, and brick chimneys with decorative tops. The house was built for United States Navy Admiral Charles H. Baldwin as a summer house.^[2]

The house was listed on the NRHP December 8, 1971.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ "NRHP nomination for Charles H. Baldwin House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved November 4, 2014.

External links

"Arts and Crafts Architecture Picture Tour: Charles H. Baldwin House". Cupola Consulting. 2002.
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. RI-334, "Charles H. Baldwin House, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI", 7 photos, 11 data pages

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Charles H. Baldwin House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved November 4, 2014.

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