Kingscote

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Kingscote is a historic Gothic Revival mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, renowned as one of the early summer "cottages" of the American Gilded Age.

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Kingscote canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic Revival building
historic house
mansion
museum
architect McKim, Mead & White
Richard Upjohn
architecturalStyle Carpenter Gothic
Gothic Revival
city Newport
constructionStartYear 1839
country United States of America
surface form: United States
era Gilded Age
hasArchitecturalFeature asymmetrical massing
conservatory
lancet windows
oriel windows
service wing
steeply pitched roofs
veranda
vergeboards
hasInteriorStyle Aesthetic Movement in Britain
surface form: Aesthetic Movement

Colonial Revival elements
Victorian
hasTourType audio tours
guided tours
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
surface form: U.S. National Historic Landmark

National Register of Historic Places
surface form: U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
locatedIn Newport County
surface form: Newport County, Rhode Island

Newport, Rhode Island
Rhode Island
locatedOn Aquidneck Island
material wood
NRHPReferenceNumber 70000018
openToPublic true
operatedBy The Preservation Society of Newport County
surface form: Preservation Society of Newport County
originalOwner George Noble Jones
originalUse summer residence
ownedBy Newport Mansions
The Preservation Society of Newport County
surface form: Preservation Society of Newport County
partOf Bellevue Avenue Historic District
Newport Historic District
significance early example of Gothic Revival domestic architecture in the United States
one of the earliest summer cottages in Newport
significantPeriod Gilded Age
surface form: American Gilded Age
state Rhode Island
streetAddress 253 Bellevue Avenue
use house museum
summer cottage
yearCompleted 1839

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