Timeline: Bellevue Avenue in Newport History | Timetoast

Period: Jan 1, 1832 to Dec 31, 1835

Stone Villa built

The house was built by Scottish mason Alexander MacGregor (who also built Fort Adams), for the Middleton family of Charleston, South Carolina.
Period: Jan 1, 1839 to Dec 31, 1841

Kingscote built

It was built by Richard Upjohn for Georgia based plantation owner George Noble Jones.
Jan 1, 1841

First "Ocean House" hotel was built
Jan 1, 1845

Second "Ocean House" hotel was built because the first one burned down.
Jan 1, 1852

Bellevue Avenue laided out and named
Jan 1, 1852

Elmcourt built

Elmcourt was built for Andrew Robeson Jr., an industrialist from Fall River, Massachusetts
Period: Jan 1, 1866 to Dec 31, 1866

Paran Stevens house built

The house was built by George Platt for New Hampshire native Paran Stevens.
Jan 1, 1870

Travers Block built
Period: Jan 1, 1879 to Dec 31, 1881

Newport Casino built
Jan 1, 1892

Kings block built
Jan 1, 1895

Second "Ocean House" hotel burned down
Jan 1, 1902

Audrain Building was built
Jan 1, 1925

Paran Stevens house demolished
Jan 1, 1957

Stone Villa demolished

Stone Villa was demolished to build the current Bellevue Gardens Shopping Center.
Jan 1, 1958

Bellevue Avenue Shopping Plaza was built
Jan 1, 1972

Kingscote sold to the Preservation Society of Newport County