Linden Gate (Newport, Rhode Island)
USA /
Rhode Island /
Newport /
Newport, Rhode Island /
Old Beach Road
World
/ USA
/ Rhode Island
/ Newport
World / United States / Rhode Island
place with historical importance, cottage, estate (manor / mansion land), mansion / manor house / villa, demolished
formerly - Linden Gate (1873)
* Henry G. Marquand House
* Architect: Richard Morris Hunt
* Located at the corner of Rhode Island Avenue and Old Beach Road
* Demolished: House burned down in 1973
Built as the summer residence of H. G. Marquand of New York, Linden Gate was a large picturesque cottage built of random coursed ashlar, diamond patterned red and black brick, and upper stories of half timbering with intricate bargeboards. The interior featured paneled rooms by Hunt’s collaborator Luigi Frullini and interior decoration by John La Farge and Samuel Colman.
Mr. Marquand, railroad financier and philanthropist, was the President of the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a long-time friend of Hunt, and an inveterate collector. So crammed with ceramics, textiles, and antiques were the interiors of Linden Gate that contemporaries labeled the house “Bric-à-Brac Hall.” The property was maintained by Marquand’s daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Terry, until sold by their estate in 1951. Converted to apartments and offices, the house was severely damaged by fire on February 18, 1973. Some reception room paneling was salvaged and Linden Gate was demolished for a residential subdivision.
www.historic-structures.com/ri/newport/linden_gate.php
* Henry G. Marquand House
* Architect: Richard Morris Hunt
* Located at the corner of Rhode Island Avenue and Old Beach Road
* Demolished: House burned down in 1973
Built as the summer residence of H. G. Marquand of New York, Linden Gate was a large picturesque cottage built of random coursed ashlar, diamond patterned red and black brick, and upper stories of half timbering with intricate bargeboards. The interior featured paneled rooms by Hunt’s collaborator Luigi Frullini and interior decoration by John La Farge and Samuel Colman.
Mr. Marquand, railroad financier and philanthropist, was the President of the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a long-time friend of Hunt, and an inveterate collector. So crammed with ceramics, textiles, and antiques were the interiors of Linden Gate that contemporaries labeled the house “Bric-à-Brac Hall.” The property was maintained by Marquand’s daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Terry, until sold by their estate in 1951. Converted to apartments and offices, the house was severely damaged by fire on February 18, 1973. Some reception room paneling was salvaged and Linden Gate was demolished for a residential subdivision.
www.historic-structures.com/ri/newport/linden_gate.php
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°29'19"N 71°18'5"W
- Buena Vista/Belair (c.1850) 0.3 km
- International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino 0.9 km
- Kingscote (1839) 1 km
- Bellevue Plaza - The Ocean House 1 km
- Washington Square 1.2 km
- De La Salle 1.3 km
- The Elms - Berwind House (1898-1901) 1.4 km
- Villa Rosa 1.4 km
- Oakwood Estate 1.5 km
- Cottrell’s Wharf - Newport Shipyard - Wyndham Newport Onshore 1.5 km
- Ayrault House (1915) - Home Lodge Cottage 0.2 km
- Maple Shade 0.3 km
- Red Cross Cottage (1844) 0.3 km
- Thistlewaite (1864) 0.3 km
- Grace W. Rives estate (aft. 1876) 0.5 km
- Redwood Library and Athenaeum (1747, 1750) 0.6 km
- Newport Art Museum 0.7 km
- Mt. Vernon (bef. 1876) 0.8 km
- Newport East, Rhode Island 3.2 km
- Newport County, Rhode Island 9 km
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