Frederick Law Olmsted Park - Stoneacre (Newport, Rhode Island)
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Ellis-Loew Estate - Stoneacre
Architect: William A. Potter
Located on Bellevue Avenue between Victoria Avenue and Ruggles Avenue
Demolished: 1962
This vast Shingle Style cottage, with a broad front piazza overlooking grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, was built for John W. Ellis, founder of the First National Bank in Cincinnati and a director of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Sold to E. R. Thomas, the estate was subsequently acquired by William Goadby and Florence Baker Loew of New York. The Loew family sold Stoneacre in 1965 for $24,500 and it became, with a half dozen estates along central Bellevue Avenue, a dormitory first for the Hatch School and then for Vernon Court Junior College. Demolished in 1962 for a planned academic building and recreational campus, these construction plans were cancelled by the 1973 bankruptcy of the school. While the other former estate dormitories were developed into condominiums, the site of Stoneacre remained empty and is now being restored as the Frederick Law Olmsted Park. The surviving stable building was saved by conversion into condominiums in 1986, and is now a student residence for Salve Regina University.
www.newportmansions.org/learn/history-highlights/lost-n...
Stoneacre grounds, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1884, legendary first American landscape architect, designer of Central Park, the White House grounds, National Park System, many Newport estates, and other notable projects, have been restored, revitalized and preserved. The Frederick Law Olmsted Park and Vernon Court's grounds, designed by Wadley & Smythe, have a number of Champion Trees of the USA, including Ginkgo, Japanese Zelkovas, Fernleaf Beech and Yeddo Spruce. www.americanillustration.org/
Architect: William A. Potter
Located on Bellevue Avenue between Victoria Avenue and Ruggles Avenue
Demolished: 1962
This vast Shingle Style cottage, with a broad front piazza overlooking grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, was built for John W. Ellis, founder of the First National Bank in Cincinnati and a director of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Sold to E. R. Thomas, the estate was subsequently acquired by William Goadby and Florence Baker Loew of New York. The Loew family sold Stoneacre in 1965 for $24,500 and it became, with a half dozen estates along central Bellevue Avenue, a dormitory first for the Hatch School and then for Vernon Court Junior College. Demolished in 1962 for a planned academic building and recreational campus, these construction plans were cancelled by the 1973 bankruptcy of the school. While the other former estate dormitories were developed into condominiums, the site of Stoneacre remained empty and is now being restored as the Frederick Law Olmsted Park. The surviving stable building was saved by conversion into condominiums in 1986, and is now a student residence for Salve Regina University.
www.newportmansions.org/learn/history-highlights/lost-n...
Stoneacre grounds, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1884, legendary first American landscape architect, designer of Central Park, the White House grounds, National Park System, many Newport estates, and other notable projects, have been restored, revitalized and preserved. The Frederick Law Olmsted Park and Vernon Court's grounds, designed by Wadley & Smythe, have a number of Champion Trees of the USA, including Ginkgo, Japanese Zelkovas, Fernleaf Beech and Yeddo Spruce. www.americanillustration.org/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°28'7"N 71°18'22"W
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