Summer hours or by appointment. Call for times. The oldest restored home in Newport, built in 1675. The house is the site of the Stamp Act Riot of 1765, and was home to Colonial Governors, justices and patriots. Features a tour which gives the view of colonial and revolutionary war America through the eyes of individual Newport residents.
Property also contains a colonial herb garden.
Daily for lunch and dinner Built in 1673, this is the oldest operating tavern in the United States open for lunch and dinner daily. Dawn to dusk An important site during Rhode Island's only major Revolutionary War land conflict, which took place on August 29, 1778. The marker on the site lists Generals Lafayette, Hancock, Greene and Sullivan as participants. Dawn to dusk The first Rhode Island settlers from Boston landed here in 1638, led by Anne Hutchinson. She was the first woman in the U.S. to found a town.