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Edward King House
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Front elevation and south profile, 2008
Front elevation and south profile, 2008
Location: 35 King Street
Newport, Rhode Island
Coordinates: 41°28′55.49″N 71°18′39.13″W / 41.4820806, -71.3108694Coordinates: 41°28′55.49″N 71°18′39.13″W / 41.4820806, -71.3108694
Built/Founded: 1845-47[1]
Architect: Richard Upjohn[2]
Architectural style(s): "Italian Villa"/Italianate
Designated as NHL: 30 December 1970[3]
Added to NRHP: 15 October 1970[1]
NRHP Reference#: 70000024[2]
Governing body: Private

The Edward King House, is a monumentally scaled residence in Newport, Rhode Island. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A National Historic Landmark (NHL is a Building, site, Structure, Object, or District, that is officially recognized by the Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km south of Providence Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Richard Upjohn ( 22 January, 1802 - 16 August, 1878) was an English -born Architect who emigrated to the United In the course of the history of Classical architecture, an Italianate style of architecture was a distinct nineteenth-century phase in which Italian sixteenth-century A National Historic Landmark (NHL is a Building, site, Structure, Object, or District, that is officially recognized by the Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km south of Providence Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States It was designed for Edward King in the "Italian Villa" style by Richard Upjohn and was built between 1845 and 1847, making it one of the earliest representations of the style. Richard Upjohn ( 22 January, 1802 - 16 August, 1878) was an English -born Architect who emigrated to the United It was the largest and grandest house in Newport when it was built. Edward King was the largest landowner in town by 1860, having made his fortune through the China Trade. The Old China Trade was the name given to the early commerce between the Qing Empire and the United States, spanning from the end of the American Revolutionary [4]

Engraving of Upjohn's design from Andrew J. Downing's The Architecture of County Houses.
Engraving of Upjohn's design from Andrew J. Downing's The Architecture of County Houses.

The house is built in brick, has asymmetrical massing, arched window heads, and a prominent three story tower. It was Upjohn's first use of the "Italian Villa" style. [5] These elements would later come to be considered typical features of Italianate design. In the course of the history of Classical architecture, an Italianate style of architecture was a distinct nineteenth-century phase in which Italian sixteenth-century [1] The house was featured in Andrew Jackson Downing's The Architecture of Country Houses in 1850, including an engraving of the house and architectural plans. Andrew Jackson Downing ( October 30, 1815 &ndash July 28, 1852) was an American Landscape designer and Writer, a prominent Downing described the house as "one of the most successful specimens of the Italian style in the United States. " He went on to note the great variety of window sizes and types and noted the harmony of the design. [6]

The Edward King House was donated to the city of Newport in 1912 by Edward King's son and subsequently housed the Newport Public Library. It is now a senior citizens' center. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on 15 October 1970[1] and designated as a National Historic Landmark on 30 December 1970[3] It has a notable Southern counterpart in Kenworthy Hall, designed by Upjohn a decade later. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of A National Historic Landmark (NHL is a Building, site, Structure, Object, or District, that is officially recognized by the The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive Kenworthy Hall, also known as the Carlisle-Martin House and Carlisle Hall, is located on the north side of Alabama Highway 14, two miles west of the That house is also a National Historic Landmark. [7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2008-02-04). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons
  2. ^ a b "Rhode Island: Newport County". "Nationalhistoricalregister. com". Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons
  3. ^ a b Edward King House. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons
  4. ^ History. Edward King House official website. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons
  5. ^ Whiffen, Marcus; Koeper, Frederick (1984). American Architecture 1607-1860. Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press. ISBN 0262730693.  
  6. ^ Downing, Andrew Jackson; Anderson, Alexander (1850). The Architecture of Country Houses Including Designs for Cottages, Farm Houses, and Villas, with Remarks on Interiors, Furniture, and the Best Modes of Warming and Ventilating. . New York: D. Appleton & Co. ISBN 0486220036.  
  7. ^ Kenworthy Hall. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons

External links

Edward King House official website

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