Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Designed by Peter Harrison, the Brick Market is modeled after Inigo Jones's and John Webb's Somerset House in London. It was commissioned by the Proprietors of Long Wharf and to be used as an open market space on the arcade level and for dry goods above. In 1842 the top floor was taken out and the upper story given over to municipal uses. After serving as a town or city hall, the building underwent a restoration led by Norman Isham and paid for by John Nicholas Brown. In 1993 it was renovated again for museum purposes. (See Buildings of Rhode Island, p. 521)

Survey number: HABS RI-276

Building/structure dates: 1762-1763 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1928 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1993 Subsequent Work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000019

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1933 - 1970

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