Roselawn (Newport, Rhode Island)
USA /
Rhode Island /
Newport /
Newport, Rhode Island /
Bellevue Avenue, 701
World
/ USA
/ Rhode Island
/ Newport
World / United States / Rhode Island
house, place with historical importance, cottage, mansion / manor house / villa
Built by Gen. J. Fred Pierson (b 1839 - d 1932)
General of Federal Army in Civil War, wife - Susan Augusta Rhodes Pierson b.1845 - d.1929
He was president of the Ramapo Foundry and Wheel Works, of the Ramapo Hunting and Villa Park Association, of the Ramapo Manufacturing Company, of the New York Association for the Protection of Game, the New York City Marble Cemetery, of the A. and N. Realty Company, and of the New York Stamping Company. In addition he was a trustee of the East River Savings Bank and vice president of the Northern Dispensary. His clubs included the Union, New York Yacht, Tuxedo and Army and Navy. (more at link, obit.)
localhistory.morrisville.edu/sites/unitinfo/pierson-1.h...
localhistory.morrisville.edu/sites/unitinfo/pierson-1.h...
OR
Roselawn
(1852 – 1853)
Architects/Builders : William A. Sweet;
remodeled by George Champlin Mason, Sr.
• Aware of Newport’s potential as a fashionable summer resort, a real estate speculator, William Sweet, began construction of the Gothic Revival style Roselawn on the recently completed Bellevue Avenue. Abraham Peckham completed the building and sold it to James T. Rhodes of Providence in 1853, including rights to use Bailey’s Beach with a bathing car, a portable beach cabana, and to gather seaweed. Mr. Rhodes’ descendants lived at Roselawn for 111 years.
• Mr. Rhodes’ granddaughter, Mrs. George H. Hull, was a member of the "400", the name given to New York society’s most prominent inner circle. Mrs. Hull died in 1964, age 93, and the house passed through several owners.
• Today, the house remains a private residence.
www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=48591
General of Federal Army in Civil War, wife - Susan Augusta Rhodes Pierson b.1845 - d.1929
He was president of the Ramapo Foundry and Wheel Works, of the Ramapo Hunting and Villa Park Association, of the Ramapo Manufacturing Company, of the New York Association for the Protection of Game, the New York City Marble Cemetery, of the A. and N. Realty Company, and of the New York Stamping Company. In addition he was a trustee of the East River Savings Bank and vice president of the Northern Dispensary. His clubs included the Union, New York Yacht, Tuxedo and Army and Navy. (more at link, obit.)
localhistory.morrisville.edu/sites/unitinfo/pierson-1.h...
localhistory.morrisville.edu/sites/unitinfo/pierson-1.h...
OR
Roselawn
(1852 – 1853)
Architects/Builders : William A. Sweet;
remodeled by George Champlin Mason, Sr.
• Aware of Newport’s potential as a fashionable summer resort, a real estate speculator, William Sweet, began construction of the Gothic Revival style Roselawn on the recently completed Bellevue Avenue. Abraham Peckham completed the building and sold it to James T. Rhodes of Providence in 1853, including rights to use Bailey’s Beach with a bathing car, a portable beach cabana, and to gather seaweed. Mr. Rhodes’ descendants lived at Roselawn for 111 years.
• Mr. Rhodes’ granddaughter, Mrs. George H. Hull, was a member of the "400", the name given to New York society’s most prominent inner circle. Mrs. Hull died in 1964, age 93, and the house passed through several owners.
• Today, the house remains a private residence.
www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=48591
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°27'21"N 71°18'25"W
- Finisterre (bef. 1876)/Rockhurst (1884)/Aspen Hall 0.2 km
- Land's End 0.4 km
- The Waves 0.5 km
- High Tide 0.9 km
- The Rocks - Henry Clews estate 0.9 km
- The Ledges - Cushing Family Compound 1.1 km
- Crossways (1896-98) 1.1 km
- The Belmont Estate, By-The-Sea 1.2 km
- Seafield 1.2 km
- Sulthorne 2 km
- Bailey's Beach - Spouting Rock Beach Association 0.5 km
- Almy Pond 0.8 km
- Lily Pond 1.4 km
- The Breakers 1.7 km
- Chateau-sur-Mer (1851–1852) 1.7 km
- Ballard Park (1990) 1.9 km
- Rogers High School 1.9 km
- Salve Regina University 2.1 km
- Halidon Hall - Isaac Hartshorn House / Estate (ca. 1854) 2.4 km
- Newport County, Rhode Island 13 km
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