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	$1.9M
Lowest Price	$289K
Highest Price	$15M
Total Listings	103
Avg. Days On Market	78
Avg. Price/SQFT	$643

Property Types (active listings)

RI HISTORIC HOMES FOR SALE

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Price Range

Save Search

Sort by:

Price, high to low

Active

$15,000,000

180 Narragansett Ave, Newport

14 Beds 17 Baths 4 Half Baths 20,555 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1339260

Vanderbilt International Prop.

Active

$12,900,000

2424 Tower Hill Rd, North Kingstown

6 Beds 3 Baths 3,500 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1343531

RE/MAX Results

Active

$11,995,000

14 Ninigret Ave, Westerly

9 Beds 12 Baths 3 Half Baths 7,671 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1334544

Mott & Chace Sotheby's Intl.

Active

$5,995,000

38 Bay St # W201/202, Westerly

4 Beds 5 Baths 1 Half Bath 3,524 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1339168

WATCH HILL PROPERTIES

Active

$5,995,000

↓ $600,000

826 Beacon Hill, Block Island

16 Beds 9 Baths 4 Half Baths 5,476 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1286198

Phillips Real Estate

Active

$5,995,000

↓ $600,000

826 Beacon Hill, Block Island

16 Beds 9 Baths 4 Half Baths 5,476 SqFt Residential Income MLS® # 1285764

Phillips Real Estate

Active

$5,200,000

533 Bellevue Ave, Newport

9 Beds 8 Baths 2 Half Baths 7,373 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1343520

RE/MAX Results

Active

$4,900,000

↓ $930,000

30 Sandy Point Farm Rd, Portsmouth

0 Beds 0 Baths 30,269 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1330154

Mott & Chace Sotheby's Intl.

Active

$4,500,000

↓ $350,000

95 Walcott Ave, Jamestown

4 Beds 4 Baths 1 Half Bath 5,888 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1340045

Lila Delman Compass

Active Under Contract

$4,200,000

406 Bellevue Ave, Newport

11 Beds 14 Baths 1 Half Bath 10,575 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1334630

Lila Delman Compass

Active

$3,999,399

↓ $500,601

31 Old Beach Rd, Newport

10 Beds 13 Baths 1 Half Bath 7,635 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1329917

Lila Delman Compass

Active Open House

Scheduled Open Houses

• Sat Oct 7th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

$3,695,000

104 Mill St, Newport

7 Beds 5 Baths 1 Half Bath 4,336 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1335843

Gustave White Sotheby's Realty

Active

$3,500,000

↓ $750,000

575 Beach Ave, Block Island

6 Beds 4 Baths 1 Half Bath 2,520 SqFt Residential Income MLS® # 1320510

Sullivan Sotheby's Intl.Realty

Active

$2,999,999

428 Gooseberry Rd, South Kingstown

3 Beds 2 Baths 1 Half Bath 1,238 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1334996

Lila Delman Compass

Enhanced Active

$2,995,000

↓ $200,000

37 Howard St, Newport

5 Beds 6 Baths 1 Half Bath 3,727 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1338833

Hogan Associates Christie's

Active

$2,995,000

8 Beacon Hill Rd, Newport

5 Beds 4 Baths 5,922 SqFt Residential Income MLS® # 1316580

Lila Delman Compass

Active

$2,995,000

8 Beacon Hill Rd, Newport

5 Beds 4 Baths 4,128 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1316579

Lila Delman Compass

Active

$2,950,000

41 3rd St, Newport

5 Beds 5 Baths 1 Half Bath 2,662 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1341116

Residential Properties Ltd.

1 2 3 4 6

Next

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.