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	$2.1M
Lowest Price	$285K
Highest Price	$14.5M
Total Listings	76
Avg. Days On Market	52
Avg. Price/SQFT	$647

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$14,500,000

2424 Tower Hill Rd, North Kingstown

6 Beds 3 Baths 3,500 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1325472

RE/MAX Profnl. Newport, Inc.

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$13,950,000

14 Ninigret Ave, Westerly

9 Beds 12 Baths 6,879 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1329460

Mott & Chace Sotheby's Intl.

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$8,500,000

2 Ninigret Ave, Westerly

8 Beds 6 Baths 5,168 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1330544

Lila Delman Compass

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$6,595,000

826 Beacon Hill, Block Island

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

Phillips Real Estate

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$6,595,000

826 Beacon Hill, Block Island

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

Phillips Real Estate

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$6,500,000

533 Bellevue Ave, Newport

9 Beds 8 Baths 7,373 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1331294

RE/MAX Profnl. Newport, Inc.

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$5,830,000

30 Sandy Point Farm Rd, Portsmouth

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

Mott & Chace Sotheby's Intl.

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$4,500,000

31 Old Beach Rd, Newport

8 Beds 13 Baths 5,987 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1329917

Lila Delman Compass

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$4,295,000

104 Mill St, Newport

7 Beds 5 Baths 4,336 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1322564

Gustave White Sotheby's Realty

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$4,250,000

575 Beach Ave, Block Island

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

Sullivan Sotheby's Intl.Realty

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$3,750,000

120 Miantonomi Ave, Middletown

10 Beds 12 Baths 9,886 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1325860

Hogan Associates Christie's

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$3,499,000

114 Boon St, Narragansett

4 Beds 4 Baths 4,438 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1325354

www.HomeZu.com

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$3,450,000

3 Cliff Ter, Newport

4 Beds 4 Baths 3,010 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1329236

Gustave White Sotheby's Realty

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$2,998,000

519 Bellevue Ave # 1 Thw, Newport

3 Beds 4 Baths 3,539 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1312329

Lila Delman Compass

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$2,995,000

8 Beacon Hill Rd, Newport

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

Lila Delman Compass

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$2,995,000

8 Beacon Hill Rd, Newport

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

Lila Delman Compass

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$2,995,000

↓ $300,000

4270 Tower Hill Rd, South Kingstown

4 Beds 3 Baths 2,254 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1304882

Lila Delman Compass

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$2,500,000

74 Caswell St, Narragansett

5 Beds 3 Baths 4,300 SqFt Residential MLS® # 1325981

Mott & Chace Sotheby's Intl.

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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.