Historic RI Homes

Historic RI Homes For Sale

Few American towns offer a wider variety of historic homes and antique buildings for sale than Newport, RI. Established in 1639, Newport is known for quaint Colonial streets lined with 17th, 18th and 19th century homes that have been preserved with care throughout the many years that these properties have stood within this community.

Real Estate Statistics

Average Price	$1.5M
Lowest Price	$245K
Highest Price	$17.9M
Total Listings	128
Avg. Days On Market	74
Avg. Price/SQFT	$545

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RI HISTORIC HOMES FOR SALE

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$499,000

46 Chastellux Ave # M6, Newport

1 Bed 1 Bath 665 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1398503

Active

$1,195,000

3 Vicksburg Pl, Newport

4 Beds 3 Baths 2,470 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1401182

Active

$599,000

318 Mitchell's Ln, Middletown

3 Beds 1 Bath 1,205 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1401545

Active

$4,895,000

39 Walcott Ave, Jamestown

7 Beds 4 Baths 2 Half Baths 3,818 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1399629

Active

$7,795,000

41 Walcott Ave, Jamestown

6 Beds 6 Baths 4,927 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1401345

Pending

$750,000

26 Atlantic St, Newport

5 Beds 2 Baths 2,150 SqFt Residential Income MLS® # 1401244

Active

$749,000

66 Webster St # 9, Newport

2 Beds 2 Baths 1,310 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1401229

Pending

$550,000

39 Hazard Ave, South Kingstown

3 Beds 2 Baths 1,814 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1401138

Active

$1,150,000

351 County Rd, Barrington

4 Beds 2 Baths 1,422 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1394291

Active Under Contract

$275,000

1212 Southbridge Rd, Warren

2 Beds 1 Bath 1,290 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1396461

Active

$550,000

18 State St # 5 (3rd Floor East), Bristol

2 Beds 1 Bath 936 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1386864

Pending

$799,000

11 Willow St # 5, Newport

2 Beds 3 Baths 1 Half Bath 1,764 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1388378

Active

$799,000

17 Warner St, Newport

2 Beds 2 Baths 1,403 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1400907

Active Under Contract

$749,000

26 Freebody St, Newport

3 Beds 1 Bath 1,193 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1400933

Pending

$525,000

↓ $40,000

128 Rodman St, South Kingstown

2 Beds 2 Baths 1 Half Bath 1,069 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1400371

Active

$795,000

12 Mt. Vernon St # 5, Newport

2 Beds 1 Bath 1,426 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1380222

Pending

$299,900

39 Hilton St, Tiverton

2 Beds 1 Bath 1,781 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1398148

Active Open House

$1,900,000

219 Nanaquaket Rd, Tiverton

7 Beds 4 Baths 4,904 SqFt Residential Income MLS® # 1378846

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Historic Rhode Island Homes For Sale

Newport's historic district contains many beautiful examples of pre-Revolutionary architecture that’s still intact thanks to thoughtful owners and contemporary champions of historic architecture — including heiress, philanthropist and preservationist Doris Duke. Ms. Duke founded the Newport Restoration Foundation in 1968 to protect Newport's historic properties. Since then, the non-profit has saved and restored 83 antique buildings. 

71 are lovely Colonial homes now rented back to Newport residents keeping them viable for future generations. Duke not only bought these homes but often moved them before painstakingly restoring them to near original condition adding a few modern conveniences like heat and hot water. 

It is said that the craftsmen who put these old buildings back together mined parts from other old buildings salvaging hand forged hardware, iron hinges, door latches, bullseye glass and other antique materials from abandoned period homes. Everything about these homes is authentic.

Some wonderful examples of 17th and 18th century Colonial architecture are open to the public, but most are still in private hands. Many homes in Historic Hill and The Point are historic homes. These neighborhoods are centrally located in Newport close to all the amenities you need including the many shops and restaurants lining Thames Street.

The Newport Restoration Foundation offers guided historic tours and you can learn about everything from Colonial Newport right up to the Gilded age, when the famous Newport mansions were constructed.

Rhode Island History

These incredible homes are palatial in scope and have history packed into every corner, so when you buy historic homes in Rhode Island, you’re continuing on a piece of this great state's extravagant past. 

But what made Rhode Island such an attractive place for so many wealthy folks to settle down? 

There’s lots of answers to this question, but simply put, the three main factors were:

• Ease of access for trade routes with the ocean so near

• Already booming natural industries such as oil and coal attracted wealthy tycoons to live nearby

• The natural beauty of the Narragansett and Chesapeake Bays attracted the eye of many of these Gilded Age industrialists to build summer homes on places such as the now infamous Cliff Walk, affording them uninterrupted views of the ocean.

These famous summer homes have since become the stuff of legend, with the tradition of the wealthy and elite of America making these manors their summer homes and year round abodes into the 1920s and beyond.

Now many of these historic Rhode Island homes are up for sale, and available for you to make your own history in!

If you are looking for a REALTOR® to help buy or sell a Newport historic home, contact Hogan Associates today.