Bellevue Avenue in Newport History

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    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.
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    Kingscote built

    It was built by Richard Upjohn for Georgia based plantation owner George Noble Jones.
  • First "Ocean House" hotel was built

  • Second "Ocean House" hotel was built because the first one burned down.

  • Bellevue Avenue laided out and named

  • Elmcourt built

    Elmcourt was built for Andrew Robeson Jr., an industrialist from Fall River, Massachusetts
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    Paran Stevens house built

    The house was built by George Platt for New Hampshire native Paran Stevens.
  • Travers Block built

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    Newport Casino built

  • Kings block built

  • Second "Ocean House" hotel burned down

  • Audrain Building was built

  • Paran Stevens house demolished

  • Stone Villa demolished

    Stone Villa was demolished to build the current Bellevue Gardens Shopping Center.
  • Bellevue Avenue Shopping Plaza was built

  • Kingscote sold to the Preservation Society of Newport County