Casino Theatre, Newport Casino
Sports center in Newport, Rhode Island. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Newport Casino is an athletic complex and recreation center located at 180–200 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island in the Bellevue Avenue/Casino Historic District. Built in 1879–1881 by New York Herald publisher James Gordon Bennett, Jr., it was designed in the Shingle style by the newly formed firm of McKim, Mead & White. The Newport Casino was the firm's first major commission and helped to establish the firm's national reputation. Built as a social club, it included courts for both lawn tennis and court tennis, facilities for other games, such as squash and lawn bowling, club rooms for reading, socializing, card-playing, and billiards, shops, and a convertible theater and ballroom. It became a center of Newport's social life during the Gilded Age through the 1920s.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 194 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI |
| County | Newport County |
| Listed | Dec 2, 1970 |
| Reference number | 70000083 |
| Architect | McKim, Mead & White |
| Type of place | casino, leisure center |
| Style | Shingle style architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places contributing property |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings, 1 sites |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 194 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI |
| Coordinates | 41.48263, -71.30621 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Touro Synagogue National Historic Site · 1 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Nearby in Newport County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000083. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.