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	$199K
Highest Price	$17.9M
Total Listings	130
Avg. Days On Market	59
Avg. Price/SQFT	$582

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$820,000

17 Briar Ln, South Kingstown

7 Beds 3 Baths 1 Half Bath 2,812 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1412118

New Active Open House

Scheduled Open Houses

• Sun May 10th, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

$639,000

419 Broadway # 5, Newport

2 Beds 1 Bath 1,036 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1412039

New Active

$849,900

15 Narragansett Ave # 1, Newport

3 Beds 2 Baths 1,933 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1411862

New Active

$849,900

37 Lincoln Ave, Bristol

10 Beds 3 Baths 3,170 SqFt Residential Income MLS® # 1411938

New Active

$829,000

6 Howe Ave # 8, Newport

2 Beds 2 Baths 1,130 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1411981

New Active

$5,995,000

43 Old Beach Rd, Newport

15 Beds 13 Baths 1 Half Bath 9,115 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1409735

Active Under Contract

$1,295,000

27 William St, Newport

2 Beds 3 Baths 1 Half Bath 1,604 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1411963

New Active

$824,999

8 Mann Ave, Newport

3 Beds 2 Baths 1,795 SqFt Residential Income MLS® # 1411869

New Active

$825,000

110 Ten Rod Rd, North Kingstown

6 Beds 3 Baths 1 Half Bath 2,516 SqFt Residential Income MLS® # 1411424

New Active

$825,000

110 Ten Rod Rd, North Kingstown

6 Beds 3 Baths 1 Half Bath 2,516 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1411327

New Active

$899,000

433 East Rd, Tiverton

3 Beds 3 Baths 1 Half Bath 1,764 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1410918

New Active

$1,595,000

19 Third Street St, Newport

4 Beds 4 Baths 2 Half Baths 2,302 SqFt Residential Income MLS® # 1411586

New Active

$2,650,000

8 Walley St # 3 & 4, Bristol

3 Beds 4 Baths 1 Half Bath 3,414 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1410548

New Active

$2,500,000

8 Champlin St, Newport

4 Beds 4 Baths 3,605 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1411386

Active

$995,000

15 Kilburn Ct Ct, Newport

6 Beds 2 Baths 2,350 SqFt Residential Income MLS® # 1411297

Active Open House

Scheduled Open Houses

• Sun May 10th, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

$1,195,000

16 Dean Ave, Newport

6 Beds 4 Baths 1 Half Bath 2,098 SqFt Residential Income MLS® # 1411312

New Active

$775,000

541 Bellevue Ave # 6, Newport

2 Beds 2 Baths 1,235 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1410975

Active

$825,000

57 Gould St, Newport

3 Beds 2 Baths 2,556 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1411204

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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.