The Ledges - Cushing Family Compound (Newport, Rhode Island)
USA /
Rhode Island /
Newport /
Newport, Rhode Island /
Ocean Avenue, 66
World
/ USA
/ Rhode Island
/ Newport
World / United States / Rhode Island
house, place with historical importance, cottage, estate (manor / mansion land), mansion / manor house / villa, compound - to be deleted
The Ledges, the Robert M. Cushing House (1867 et seq.; John Hubbard Sturgis [Boston], architect):
A 21⁄2-story, cruciform-plan, complex-cross-gable-roof Modern Gothic house with stone foundation; wraparound strutwork porch on the east, south, and west elevations, with semi-octagonal-plan bay centered on its south elevation; paired 2-over-2 windows; board-and-batten walls on gable ends; tie- beam/king post/strut detailing at roof’s edge on gable ends, and three prominent brick chimneys. A large modern 2-story, L-plan, hip-roof addition extends north from the west end of the north elevation. A 2-stall, end-gable roof is north of the main house. Also on the property is a 11⁄2-story, staggered- cruciform-plan, mansard-roof cottage to the northeast of the main house; a 2-level banked barn set into the side of the hill northwest of the cottage; a greenhouse and attached shed to the southeast of the cottage.
Cushing (ca 1840-1907), a member of the prominent Boston family made rich in the China Trade in the early 19th century, was an incorporator of the Casino, Newport Country Club, and adjacent Bailey’s Beach (q.v.) Following his death in London, this became the home of his son Howard Gardiner Cushing (1869-1916), a prominent local painter who specialized in portraiture and landscapes; the Cushing Memorial Gallery at Newport Art Museum (NR) was built in his memory. Still owned by family members, this house was featured in at least two films, the 1995 television mini-series “The Buccaneer” and the 2007 motion picture “Evening.” (5 contributing buildings)
A 21⁄2-story, cruciform-plan, complex-cross-gable-roof Modern Gothic house with stone foundation; wraparound strutwork porch on the east, south, and west elevations, with semi-octagonal-plan bay centered on its south elevation; paired 2-over-2 windows; board-and-batten walls on gable ends; tie- beam/king post/strut detailing at roof’s edge on gable ends, and three prominent brick chimneys. A large modern 2-story, L-plan, hip-roof addition extends north from the west end of the north elevation. A 2-stall, end-gable roof is north of the main house. Also on the property is a 11⁄2-story, staggered- cruciform-plan, mansard-roof cottage to the northeast of the main house; a 2-level banked barn set into the side of the hill northwest of the cottage; a greenhouse and attached shed to the southeast of the cottage.
Cushing (ca 1840-1907), a member of the prominent Boston family made rich in the China Trade in the early 19th century, was an incorporator of the Casino, Newport Country Club, and adjacent Bailey’s Beach (q.v.) Following his death in London, this became the home of his son Howard Gardiner Cushing (1869-1916), a prominent local painter who specialized in portraiture and landscapes; the Cushing Memorial Gallery at Newport Art Museum (NR) was built in his memory. Still owned by family members, this house was featured in at least two films, the 1995 television mini-series “The Buccaneer” and the 2007 motion picture “Evening.” (5 contributing buildings)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°27'23"N 71°19'1"W
- The Rocks - Henry Clews estate 0.1 km
- High Tide 0.5 km
- The Waves 0.5 km
- Seafield 0.5 km
- Land's End 0.6 km
- Crossways (1896-98) 0.6 km
- Finisterre (bef. 1876)/Rockhurst (1884)/Aspen Hall 0.7 km
- The Belmont Estate, By-The-Sea 1.4 km
- Hawthorne Villa - Newport Green 1.6 km
- Sulthorne 2.1 km
- Bailey's Beach - Spouting Rock Beach Association 0.3 km
- Almy Pond 0.7 km
- Lily Pond 0.8 km
- Ballard Park (1990) 1.2 km
- Rogers High School 1.4 km
- Chateau-sur-Mer (1851–1852) 1.9 km
- Halidon Hall - Isaac Hartshorn House / Estate (ca. 1854) 2 km
- The Breakers 2.2 km
- Salve Regina University 2.3 km
- Newport County, Rhode Island 13 km
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