The Brick Market Building (Newport, Rhode Island)

USA / Rhode Island / Newport / Newport, Rhode Island
 museum, production, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Georgian (architecture), 1760s construction, U.S. National Historic Landmark
The Brick Market Building was designed by Peter Harrison and constructed in 1762. It originally functioned as an open-air market with merchants and offices on the upper floors. The building, located in the heart of Colonial Newport and directly across Washington Square from the Colony House, is considered one of Newport’s architectural treasures. It has had a varied history of use over the past 245 years, including a printing office, a theater, and Town Hall, and has also been altered and renovated frequently over the years. In 1928-1930 the building was completely restored under the guidance of Norman Isham, and the building was again restored before 1993 under the auspices of the Brick Market Foundation, led by Ralph Carpenter.

Owned by the City of Newport and managed by the NHS, the Brick Market Building is now home to the Museum of Newport History and the Museum Shop.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Newport_History
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Coordinates:   41°29'23"N   71°18'55"W

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  • "The Granary, situated at the head of Long Wharf, and facing the "Parade" or Washington Square, was erected in 1763. It is after the Ionic order of architecture and cost £ 24,000, which sum was raised by a lottery. It was origi- nally intended for a public market or granary, the records saying that the "upper part shall be divided into stores for dry goods, and all rents thereof, together with all profits be lodged in the town treasury of Newport toward a stock for purchasing grain for supplying a Public Granary forever. The lower part shall be used as a Market House, and for no other use forever." http://www.archive.org/stream/guidetonewportrh00weis/guidetonewportrh00weis_djvu.txt
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