Connecticut Diaries

Newport, RI  2017 Newport, RI is famous for it's mansions which were all built towards the end of the 1800's and early 1900...

Newport, RI  2017 I apologize for not posting anything for the last week.  I have been fighting a chest cold, and I'm still not q...

Newport, RI  2017

Newport, RI  2017 The city of Newport has had a longstanding  relationship with the US Navy,  which to this day still has a major pre...

Newport, RI  2017 You can hardly walk a block in Newport without passing a National Historic Landmark.  Fortunately there is a very a...

Newport, RI  2017 Trinity Church is a National Historic Landmark, built in 1725-1726.  It is the place of worship for the oldest Epis...

Queen Anne Square, Newport, RI  2017

Newport, RI  2017

Newport, RI  2016 There are some streets in the historic section of Newport that still use gas lamps for lighting.  

Newport, RI  2017 I think this building at one time belonged the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a non-political, non-sectarian fra...

Newport, RI  2017 This is such a distinctive tree with it's twisted limbs, it should be easy to identify, even without it's l...

Newport, RI  2017 This armory is the home of the Artillery Company of Newport whose members have served in wars from the French and I...

Newport, RI  2017 It looked so quaint, I had to do some shopping in the British Clothing Store pictured in yesterday's blog post....

Newport, RI  2017 Now a clothing store, the sign on the building listed this as the Abigail Cahoone House, ca. 1775.  You can see the...

Newport, RI  2017 To meet the needs of the hundreds of navy and army enlisted personnel, a YMCA was established in Newport in 1903.  ...

Newport, RI  2017 The history of Newport predates the American Revolution and there are many buildings that date from that time or ea...

Florence K Murray Judicial Complex Newport, RI  2017 This is the Newport County Courthouse named in honor of the first female supre...

Newport, RI  2017

Middletown, RI  2016 The newly renovated Newport Beach House is actually in Middletown, RI right across the border from Newport.  It...

Newport, RI  2016 I did not stay at the Hotel Viking, but I have it on pretty good authority that it is a fine place to stay if yo...