Robert Stevens Ship Chandlery, Bowen's Wharf, Newport, Newport County, RI
Summary
Significance: This is a typical shop and warehouse building on one of the large, fully developed wharfs characteristic of Newport's 18th century waterfront.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-55
Survey number: HABS RI-304
Building/structure dates: before 1807 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1969-1970 Subsequent Work
Tags
warehouses
boat and ship industry
windlasses
wood structural frames
shingle siding
gable roofs
wharves
maritime
newport
robert
stevens
ship
chandlery
robert stevens ship chandlery
bowen
wharf
newport county
historic american buildings survey
photo
bowen wharf
rhode island
18th century
architectural diagrams
architectural drawings
library of congress
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
newport
,
41.49010, -71.31283
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html