Shady Nook (Newport, Rhode Island)

USA / Rhode Island / Newport / Newport, Rhode Island / Bellevue Avenue, 446
 place with historical importance, cottage, estate (manor / mansion land), mansion / manor house / villa
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(c. 1850)
Architect : Unknown
• The original Greek Revival style house on this site dates to the early 1800s. It was part of an extensive farm subdivided in the mid-19th century to accommodate the boom in summer cottage construction.
• Subsequent owners remodeled the house during the course of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Coordinates:   41°28'23"N   71°18'26"W

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  • "Shady Nook" was owned by Charlotte D. Hardy in 1876. Atherton Blight (1834-1909) owned the property in 1879 and, by 1907, he acquired the property to the north at 89 Webster Street.
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