Rock Cliff (Newport, Rhode Island)

USA / Rhode Island / Newport / Newport, Rhode Island / Bellevue Avenue
 house, place with historical importance, estate (manor / mansion land)

[Roger Wilson Cutler's ''Ames Villa'' estate, previously known as Rock Cliff, Newport, RI]

The house was first constructed in 1887 for T. F. Cushing. Architect George Mason, Jr. designed the house in the Tudor revival style, commonly known as “Stick style”, popular in American architecture at that time. Two decades later, in 1910, T. F. Cushing’s daughter, Blair Fairchild, commissioned the architect to redesign Rock Cliff using its existing structure. George Mason, Jr. transformed his original design into a Georgian neo-classical building, in keeping with the new classical trend in American architecture much admired by American socialites in the nineteen teens and twenties.
The estate is currently (2012) a private residence.

Robert Yarnall Richie aerial photo ca.1932-1934 - digitalcollections.smu.edu/u?/ryr,383
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Coordinates:   41°27'24"N   71°18'18"W

Comments

  • Rock Cliff had its name changed from "New Lodge" as shown on the Newport map of 1907.
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