7,262 Newport Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Carol M. Highsmith - Trinity Church, Newport, Rhode Island

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Newport Black Ensemble Theatre (NEBT), Newport, Rhode Island

Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Community Baptist Church, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-20, General views of congregation Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mother Key Baker, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-12, Mother Key upstairs from church Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aquidneck Lobster Company, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 2-5, In hole of "Iron Horse," boat delivering lobsters; 6-7, Storage of catch in Aquidneck freezer; 8-17, cleaning lobster -- Johny Walyo

Newport Bridge, unloading lobsters, Aquidneck Lobster Company, Newport...

Index data: 1-12, General views, Newport Bridge from Goat Island Bridge; 14-36, Unloading lobsters from lobster boat, Iron Horse; 14-17, 19-24, of the pier and the rest of the boat

Aquidneck Lobster Company, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 3-36, General views, interior and exterior of warehouse

Buddy's Tattoo Shop, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 1, Michael Bell at Buddy's; 2, Me at Buddy's; 3-10, Billy Wilmers, customer at Buddy's; 11-20, Bill McLaughlin, customer

Performance of the play Revelation by the Newport Black Ensemble Theat...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marie McCastor home, community center, graves (black section of cemete...

Index data: 1-2, 4-5, Marie McCastor in her home (kitchen, living room with TV); 3, McCastor, Bell, Rovena Stewart (Community organizer); 8-11, Ext, McCastor home, West Broadway neighborhood; 12, The old "sailo... More

Community Baptist Church, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-20, Views of congregation; 7-10, 13-20, Tony Mathews singing

C.E.T.A. workshop for National Black Ensemble Theatre (NBET) at the "o...

Index data: 1-3, Tracy Anderson; 4-6, Wynetta Johnson (technical assistant for NBET productions); 7, Dayle Harden (technical assistant for NBET productions); 8, Ramona Baily (dancer in "Black Renaissance"); 9, ... More

Rice House restoration, Newport, Rhode Island

Public domain photograph of construction site, excavation works, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aquidneck Lobster Company, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-20, General views in and out of warehouse

Marie McCastor home, community center, graves (black section of cemete...

Index data: 1-2, 4-5, Marie McCastor in her home (kitchen, living room with TV); 3, McCastor, Bell, Rovena Stewart (Community organizer); 8-11, Ext, McCastor home, West Broadway neighborhood; 12, The old "sailo... More

Newport Harbor scenes, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 1, Small fishing boat with cabin in Newport Harbor, looking southwest from Long Wharf; Yacht Club in background; 2-3, View of Newport Harbor looking south from Long Wharf; Treadway Inn (new, modern ... More

Jasper and Bailey, sailmakers, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 2-36, General views of interior, including hand and machine stitching

Community Baptist Church, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-20, Views of congregations including preacher, Reverend Robert Williams

Key's Memorial Church of God in Christ, Jimmy Winters and family outsi...

Index data: 1-20, Portraits, Jimmy, Barbara, Robert (son), Kesha Brown (girl); 20, With Ben Brooks

C.E.T.A. workshop for National Black Ensemble Theatre (NBET) at the "o...

Index data: 1-3, Tracy Anderson; 4-6, Wynetta Johnson (technical assistant for NBET productions); 7, Dayle Harden (technical assistant for NBET productions); 8, Ramona Baily (dancer in "Black Renaissance"); 9, ... More

Community Baptist Church service, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 2-37, General scenes of congregation, choir, etc. Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Newport Bridge, Aquidneck Lobster Company, and lobster ship, Newport, ...

Index data: 1-10, Newport Bridge from Goat Island Bridge; 11-20, Aquidneck Lobster Co.; 16-20, Johny Walyo in white t-shirt

Community Baptist Church service, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 2-35, General views of congregation, preacher, choir Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buddy's Tattoo Shop, including night shots, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 2-7, Exterior of shop at night; 8-36, Buddy at work on Bill McLaughlin

Community Baptist Church service, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 2-37, General scenes of congregation, choir, etc. Public domain photograph of the interior of a church, altar, choir, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buddy's Tattoo Shop, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 2-36, "Buddy," Carlton A. Mott, at work, including customers: 2-11, Tom Bibbey; 12-13, Bill McLaughlin; 14-36, John D. Painter, of the "Blue Knights," police motorcycle club

Marie McCastor, visit to black community, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-3, Marie McCastor in her home (kitchen); 4-7, McCastor, Bell Rowena Stewart (community organizer) in McCastor's living room; 10-12, McCastor; 13, McCastor and Bell; 14-19, McCastor; 20, McCastor a... More

Jasper and Bailey, sailmakers, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 2-36, General views of interior, including hand and machine stitching

Restoration of Rice family house, corner of William and Thomas St's., ...

Index data: 1-6, Rice House - south gable end and front (east); 7-9, Rice House - south gable end; 10-12, Rice House - front (east); 13-15, Rice House - front (east) and north gable end; 16-18, Rice House - nor... More

Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House, 54 Washington Street, Newport, Newport Co...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House, 54 Washington Street, Newport, Newport Co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House, 54 Washington Street, Newport, Newport Co...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House, 54 Washington Street, Newport, Newport Co...

Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House, 54 Washington Street, Newport, Newport Co...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Beacon Hill Road, Ne...

No. 121. P&P no. 72. Handwritten on back: "121" and "A.C. James, Newport." Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

George Wiedemann Brewery Complex, #7 Bottling Shop, Sixth & Columbia S...

Survey number: HABS KY-177-H Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport...

Significance: Touro Synagogue is perhaps Peter Harrison's most successful building. Although it presents a most severe facade to the street, the interior treatment, including carved wooden furnishings and gall... More

Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport...

Significance: Touro Synagogue is perhaps Peter Harrison's most successful building. Although it presents a most severe facade to the street, the interior treatment, including carved wooden furnishings and gall... More

Sabbatarian Meetinghouse, 82 Touro Street (moved from Spring & Barney ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-36 Survey number: HABS RI-113 Building/structure dates: 1729 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1887 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Thomas Robinson House, 64 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, ...

Significance: This broad, gambrel-roofed house is one of the best examples of Newport's merchant residences of the 18th century . Due to continuous family ownership since 1761, the interior and exterior retain ... More

Newport NIKE Missile Battery D-57/58, Integrated Fire Control Area, Ne...

Significance: The Newport NIKE Missile Battery D-57/58 Integrated Fire Control Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery. It was in this area that the radar systems used to identify and ... More

[Gardener tending floral border, posed to illustrate Rudyard Kipling's...

Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. No. R.I. 1106. No. 360. Frances Benjamin Johnston posed gardeners performing gardening jobs to illustrate the popular poem, The Glory of the G... More

Hypotenuse, 33 Catherine Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The "Hypotenuse" is particularly interesting as a house owned by the architect Richard Morris Hunt, 1870-1881. The house is a rich and varied composition of ornamental detail from several periods... More

United Congregational Church, Spring & Pelham Streets, Newport, Newpor...

Significance: This church, built in 1855-1857, serves the United First and Second Congregational parishes of Newport whose history began in the late 17th century. The building, designed by Joseph C. Wells and ... More

Daniel T. Swinburne House, 6 Greenough Place, Newport, Newport County,...

Significance: This is a two story, frame Gothic Revival house. It is one of the best preserved examples of a type seen in several mid 19th century sections of Newport and elsewhere. Survey number: HABS RI-312... More

Captain John Maudsley House, 228 Spring Street, Newport, Newport Count...

Significance: The original (now back) part of the house was constructed around 1680 by Jireh Bull. It had two rooms, and the chamfered summerbeams are still insitu. In the mid eighteenth century, Captain John M... More

Captain John Maudsley House, 228 Spring Street, Newport, Newport Count...

Significance: The original (now back) part of the house was constructed around 1680 by Jireh Bull. It had two rooms, and the chamfered summerbeams are still insitu. In the mid eighteenth century, Captain John M... More

[John N. A. Griswold house (now Newport Art Museum), Newport, Rhode Is...

Inscribed in pencil J. Griswold [?]. Notation on verso: HWM1.1.3. Also: P.50. Floor plan sketch on verso, also small detail sketch. Gift ; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation ;... More

Jonathan Barney House, Spring & Barney Streets, Newport, Newport Count...

Significance: This dwelling house had a one-room plan with additions to the side and rear. Built on stone foundations and clad with clapboards on the front and shingles on the rest. It was demolished in 1945. ... More

Kelleyville Bridge, Spanning Sugar River at State Route11/103, Newport...

Significance: The bridge is a representative example of a concrete open-spandrel arch deck bridge, typical of early 20th century concrete bridge technology. The bridge carries Route 11/103 over the Sugar River,... More

Kelleyville Bridge, Spanning Sugar River at State Route11/103, Newport...

Significance: The bridge is a representative example of a concrete open-spandrel arch deck bridge, typical of early 20th century concrete bridge technology. The bridge carries Route 11/103 over the Sugar River,... More

Newport Steam Factory, 449 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Steam Factory is an important surviving example of the nineteenth century industrial development of the Newport waterfront, as well as an interesting large example of early mill constr... More

Newport Steam Factory, 449 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Steam Factory is an important surviving example of the nineteenth century industrial development of the Newport waterfront, as well as an interesting large example of early mill constr... More

Newport Steam Factory, 449 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Steam Factory is an important surviving example of the nineteenth century industrial development of the Newport waterfront, as well as an interesting large example of early mill constr... More

Robert Stevens Ship Chandlery, Bowen's Wharf, Newport, Newport County,...

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 stru... More

Fort Adams, Redoubt Jail, Newport, Newport County, RI

Survey number: HABS RI-347-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000014

Lovell Beach House, 1242 West Ocean Front, Newport Beach, Orange Count...

Structure is associated with the DeStijl Movement & Brutalist design. Significance: The Lovell Beach House is generally considered one of the greatest works of pioneering modern architect, R.M. Schindler. It d... More

Lovell Beach House, 1242 West Ocean Front, Newport Beach, Orange Count...

Structure is associated with the DeStijl Movement & Brutalist design. Significance: The Lovell Beach House is generally considered one of the greatest works of pioneering modern architect, R.M. Schindler. It d... More

Lovell Beach House, 1242 West Ocean Front, Newport Beach, Orange Count...

Structure is associated with the DeStijl Movement & Brutalist design. Significance: The Lovell Beach House is generally considered one of the greatest works of pioneering modern architect, R.M. Schindler. It d... More

Yaquina Bay Bridge, Spans Yaquina Bay at Oregon Coast Highway, Newport...

Significance: Yaquina Bay Bridge is an excellent example of the work of Conde B. McCullough, Oregon State Bridge Engineer from 1919 to 1946. It is one of five multi-span arch bridges designed by McCullough for... More

Yaquina Bay Bridge, Spans Yaquina Bay at Oregon Coast Highway, Newport...

Significance: Yaquina Bay Bridge is an excellent example of the work of Conde B. McCullough, Oregon State Bridge Engineer from 1919 to 1946. It is one of five multi-span arch bridges designed by McCullough for... More

Yaquina Bay Bridge, Spans Yaquina Bay at Oregon Coast Highway, Newport...

Significance: Yaquina Bay Bridge is an excellent example of the work of Conde B. McCullough, Oregon State Bridge Engineer from 1919 to 1946. It is one of five multi-span arch bridges designed by McCullough for... More

Yaquina Bay Bridge, Spans Yaquina Bay at Oregon Coast Highway, Newport...

Significance: Yaquina Bay Bridge is an excellent example of the work of Conde B. McCullough, Oregon State Bridge Engineer from 1919 to 1946. It is one of five multi-span arch bridges designed by McCullough for... More

John N. A. Griswold House, 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County...

Significance: This is an early and key example of a major style of domestic architecture in America in the second half of the 19th century. It is characterized by open planning, irregular and picturesque massi... More

Fort Adams, Redoubt, Brenton Point, Newport, Newport County, RI

Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Travers Block, 166-184 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Travers Block was built in 1870-1871 for William R. Travers and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. It is significant as one of four buildings that comprise a distinguished commercial street... More

Fort Hamilton, Northwest Circular Bastion, Rose Island, Newport, Newpo...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N927 Survey number: HAER RI-58-B Building/structure dates: 1798-1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1798-1800 Initial Construction ... More

Fort Hamilton, Northwest Circular Bastion, Rose Island, Newport, Newpo...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N927 Survey number: HAER RI-58-B Building/structure dates: 1798-1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1798-1800 Initial Construction ... More

Micah Spencer House, 85-87 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Hamilton, Bomb-Proof Barracks, Rose Island, Newport, Newport Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N926 Survey number: HAER RI-58-A Building/structure dates: 1798-1800 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 01001158

John Bannister House, Broadway (Parts in Winterthur Museum), Middletow...

Significance: The design of this large frame house has been attributed to Peter Harrison and there is a similarity in siding between the Bannister House and the Redwood Library. The siding on both structures ha... More

Palm Beach Building, 501 Washington Street, Newport, Campbell County, ...

Significance: This building is significant because of its association with several industries that contributed to the industrial development of Newport, Kentucky. It has housed a watch case company, a manufact... More

Palm Beach Building, 501 Washington Street, Newport, Campbell County, ...

Significance: This building is significant because of its association with several industries that contributed to the industrial development of Newport, Kentucky. It has housed a watch case company, a manufact... More

Palm Beach Building, 501 Washington Street, Newport, Campbell County, ...

Significance: This building is significant because of its association with several industries that contributed to the industrial development of Newport, Kentucky. It has housed a watch case company, a manufact... More

Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Redwood Library is a notable specimen of the architectural taste of the early 18th century. As an important work of the architect Peter Harrison, it is a key building in the introduction of E... More

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More

Newport NIKE Missile Battery D-57/58, Newport Road, Carleton, Monroe C...

Significance: The Newport NIKE Missile Battery D-57/58 is one of sixteen original NIKE Missile Batteries that surrounded the city of Detroit, Michigan in 1958. D-57/58 is an intact example of a Dual NIKE Missi... More

Newport NIKE Missile Battery D-57/58, Newport Road, Carleton, Monroe C...

Significance: The Newport NIKE Missile Battery D-57/58 is one of sixteen original NIKE Missile Batteries that surrounded the city of Detroit, Michigan in 1958. D-57/58 is an intact example of a Dual NIKE Missi... More

Sarum, State Route 234 vicinity, Newport, Charles County, MD

Significance: Excellent example of expanded colonial house. // c. 1680. Colonial. Frame, clapboarding. One-and-one-half stories; rectangular plan; gabled roof with rear shed extension; side porch. Ground fl... More

Sarum, State Route 234 vicinity, Newport, Charles County, MD

Significance: Excellent example of expanded colonial house. // c. 1680. Colonial. Frame, clapboarding. One-and-one-half stories; rectangular plan; gabled roof with rear shed extension; side porch. Ground fl... More

Samuel Whitehorne House, 414 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, R...

Significance: This house built in 1810-1800, was the residence of Samuel Whitehorne, a prosperous Newport merchant in partnership with his brother, John, until they went bankrupt in 1843. It is a fine example ... More

Samuel Whitehorne House, 414 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, R...

Significance: This house built in 1810-1800, was the residence of Samuel Whitehorne, a prosperous Newport merchant in partnership with his brother, John, until they went bankrupt in 1843. It is a fine example ... More

Kingscote, Bellevue Avenue & Bowery Street, Newport, Newport County, R...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James C. Powel House, 28 Greenough Place, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: This is a good, representative example of the bracketed, frame houses of the mid-19th century. Survey number: HABS RI-320 Building/structure dates: ca. 1854 Initial Construction

James C. Powel House, 28 Greenough Place, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: This is a good, representative example of the bracketed, frame houses of the mid-19th century. Survey number: HABS RI-320 Building/structure dates: ca. 1854 Initial Construction

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... More

Mascot Roller Mills, Newport Road (State Route 772) & Stumptown Road a...

Significance: Mascot Roller Mills (also called the Ressler Mill) is located along Mill Creek in Upper Leacock Township. The original mill building on the site was erected by June 1740, perhaps by Hattill Verman... More

Isaac Bell House, 70 Perry Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: This large house, built as a summer "cottage" in 1882-1883, is an early work of the architects McKim, Mead, and White. It is a typical example of the Shingle Style, and it is distinguished by the... More

Trinity Church, 141 Spring Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Built in 1725-1726, to replace an earlier structure, Trinity Church served the congregation organized in 1698 by Francis Nicholson, Lieutenant-Governor of New York and later Governor of Virginia a... More

Vaucluse, Wapping Road (Parts in Metropolitan Museum, NY), Middletown,...

Significance: At the time of the HABS survey (1938), Vaucluse was in poor condition. The district officer described it as "a two-story clapboarded structure with minor wings, with brick and stone foundation." H... More

Lazy Lawn, 528 Third Beach Road, Middletown, Newport County, RI

Significance: Lazy Lawn was built as the first summer home in Rhode Island, in the early 1700's. It was built by Joseph Angell of Providence. The house was purchased by Samuel Green Arnold in 1843. This piec... More

Caleb Clagget House, 22 Bridge Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: This gambrel with chimney slightly off-center and a lean-to extension to the rear is exceptional for its brick end wall, tied to its frame by S-shaped irons. (description from Buildings of Rhode I... More

Newport NIKE Missile Battery D-57/58, Launch Area, Newport Road, Carle...

Significance: The Newport NIKE Missile Battery D-57/58 Launch Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery because it was in this area that the NIKE missiles were assembled, armed, and readi... More