Detail from a property designed by George Champlin Mason Jr., image from the NHS collections.
George Champlin Mason Jr. Tour
Saturday May 12th at 11am
$15 per person, $10 NHS members
Reservations required, 401-841-8770
Professor Ronald J. Onorato will highlight the work of George Champlin Mason Jr. and his seminar role in guiding the architectural profession toward the colonial revival style. Often overshadowed by and confused with his father of the same name, the younger Mason was one of the first architects to practice that style in America and later became a leading practitioner of it in Philadelphia. This tour through the Kay-Catherine-Old Beach Road neighborhood examines several residences, some newly attributed to the younger Mason, where he began focusing on the history and forms of Newport’s colonial heritage in the late 1870s. Presented with Newport History Tours.
Souls & Stones
Sundays in May at 11am & Memorial Day, May 28th at 11am
Explore the Common Burying Ground, view the remarkable gravestones that make this cemetery a work of art and learn about select colonial-era residents who helped shape Newport’s history.
From Golden to Gilded
May 7th, May 14th & May 21st at 11am
From Newport’s Colonial Golden Age to Gilded Age summer colony, discover the transformation of the city and its people.
Rogues & Scoundrels
Memorial Day Monday May 28, 2012 at 10:30am
See where scoundrels lived, pirates profited and criminals were punished. Find out why this colony was known as “Rogue’s Island.”
Colonial Site Tour: Public & Private Spaces
Saturdays in May at 11:30am
Tour the 1739 Colony House, built to house RI government meetings, and the c.1697 Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House, Newport’s oldest house museum.
Discover Colonial Newport
Saturdays & Sundays in May at 10:30am
Hear stories of revolution and remarkable entrepreneurship among Newport’s diverse people. Tours cost $12 per person, $10 NHS members, unless otherwise noted.
Tours depart weather permitting from the Museum & Shop at Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, Newport, RI. Reservations suggested as space is limited. 401-841-8770 Presented with Newport History Tours.