President's House (Naval War College)

The President's House (also known as Quarters AA) is the home of the President of the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. The house is a wooden, three-story building in Colonial Revival style located on a hill on Coaster's Harbor Island, overlooking Coaster's Harbor, Dewey Field, and Narragansett Bay. The house was built in 1896 by local Newport, Rhode Island, architect and builder Creighton Withers at the cost of $16,226. Built originally as "Quarters B" for the commandant of the Naval Training Station, Newport, the first president of the Naval War College to occupy it was Rear Admiral French Ensor Chadwick, in June 1903. Every Naval War College president except for Charles Stillman Sperry (1903–1906) has lived in the house since that time. Among the most famous residents of the house have been Admirals William Sims, Raymond A. Spruance, Stansfield Turner, and James Stockdale. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. List of occupants Rear Adm. French Ensor Chadwick June 1903 - Nov 16, 1903 Rear Adm. John Porter Merrell May 24, 1906 - Oct 06, 1909 Rear Adm. Raymond Perry Rodgers Oct 6, 1909 - Nov 20, 1911 Rear Adm. Austin Melvin Knight Dec 15, 1913 - Feb 16, 1917 Captain William S. Sims Feb 16, 1917 - Apr 28, 1917 From April 28, 1917, to April 11, 1919, the academic activities of the Naval War College were discontinued due to United States participation in World War I. During this period, the reserve force of the Second Naval District used the college buildings and a series of three acting presidents maintained the administrative side of the college. Rear Adm. William S. Sims Apr 11, 1919 - Oct 14, 1922 Rear Adm. Clarence Stewart Williams Nov 3, 1922 - Sept 5, 1925 Rear Adm. William Veazie Pratt Sept 5, 1925 - Sept 17, 1927 Rear Adm. Joel Roberts Poinsett Pringle Sept 19. 1927 - May 30, 1930 Rear Adm. Harris Laning June 16, 1930 - May 13, 1933 Rear Adm. Luke McNamee Jun 3, 1933 - May 29, 1934 Rear Adm. Edward Clifford Kalbfus June 18, 1934 - Dec 15, 1936 Rear Adm. Charles Philip Snyder Jan 2, 1937 - May 27, 1939 Rear Adm. Edward Clifford Kalbfus June 30, 1939 - June 16, 1942 Admiral Edward Clifford Kalbfus (Ret.) June 16, 1942 - November 2, 1942 Rear Adm. William Satterlee Pye Nov 2, 1942 - July 1, 1944 Vice Adm. William Satterlee Pye (Ret.) July 1, 1944 - Mar 1, 1946 Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance Mar 1, 1946 - July 1, 1948 Vice Adm. Donald Bradford Beary Nov 1, 1948 - May 28, 1950 Vice Adm. Richard L. Conolly Dec 1, 1950 - Nov 2, 1953 Vice Adm. Lynde D. McCormick May 3, 1954 - Aug 16, 1956 Rear Adm. Thomas H. Robbins, Jr. Sept 5, 1956 - Aug 1, 1957 Vice Adm. Stuart H. Ingersoll Aug 13, 1957 - June 30, 1960 Vice Adm. Bernard L. Austin June 30, 1960 - July 31, 1964 Vice Adm. Charles L. Melson July 31, 1964 - Jan 25, 1966 Vice Adm. John T. Hayward Feb 15, 1966 - Aug 30, 1968 Vice Adm. Richard G. Colbert Aug 30, 1968 - Aug 17, 1971 Vice Adm. Benedict J. Semmes, Jr. Aug 17, 1971 - Jun 30, 1972 Vice Adm. Stansfield Turner June 30, 1972 - August 9, 1974 Vice Adm. Julien J. LeBourgeois Aug 9, 1974 - April 1, 1977 Rear Adm. Huntington Hardesty April 1, 1977 - Oct 13, 1977 Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale Oct 13, 1977 - Aug 22, 1979 Rear Adm. Edward F. Welch, Jr. Aug 22, 1979 - Aug 17, 1982 Rear Adm. James E. Service Oct 14, 1982 - Jul 12, 1985 Rear Adm. Ronald F. Marryott August 8, 1985 - Aug 12, 1986 Rear Adm. John A. Baldwin Sept 2, 1986 - Aug 11, 1987 Rear Adm. Ronald J. Kurth August 11, 1987 - July 17, 1990 Rear Adm. Joseph C. Strasser July 17, 1990 - June 29, 1995 Rear Adm. James R. Stark June 29, 1995 - July 24, 1998 Vice Adm. Arthur K. Cebrowski July 24, 1998 - Aug 22, 2001 Rear Adm. Rodney P. Rempt Aug 22, 2001 - July 9, 2003 Rear Adm. Ronald A. Route July 9, 2003 - August 12, 2004 Rear Adm. Jacob Shuford October 2004 - Nov 6, 2008 Rear Adm. James P. Wisecup July 6, 2010 - March 30, 2011 Rear Adm. John N. Christenson March 30, 2011 - July 14, 2013 Rear Adm. Walter E. Carter Jr. July 15, 2013 - ca. July 2014 Rear Adm. P. Gardner Howe, III ca. July 2014 - ca. July 2016 Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley ca. July 2016 - ca. June 2019 Rear Adm. Shoshana S. Chatfield ca. August 2019 - See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island Citations References John B. Hattendorf, et al., Sailors and Scholars: The Centennial History of the U.S. Naval War College. Newport: Naval War College Press, 1984