Architecture of the Newport Point District (4 - 5 p.m. Tour)

Newport’s Point neighborhood was one of the areas of the city that was settled earliest. Its architecture spans Newport’s entire history, from early Colonial buildings through the Gilded Age and up to the present. Its history mirrors that of the city as a whole, beginning with settlement of the area by Quakers, through the renaissance of Newport during the Victorian era, to the restoration of the neighborhood under Doris Duke and the current gentrification of the area.

This seminar will consist of two classes. The first, in the classroom, will be a wide-ranging photographic survey of the area’s nearly 400-year architectural history. The second class, a walking tour, will explore the Point to see many of the city’s oldest and most important buildings up close. Because of the tour component, the class will be limited to two 20-person sections. This seminar will appeal to participants interested in the Point, as well as Newport’s architectural history in general.

Class One: Thursday, June 5, 4:30 - 6 p.m.

Class One Walking Tour: Thursday, June 12, 4 - 5 p.m.

Walking Tour Rain Date: Thursday, June 19, 4 - 5 p.m.

Ross Cann, RA, AIA, LEED AP, is an author, historian, teacher and practicing architect living and working in Newport. He holds degrees in architecture and architectural history from Yale, Cambridge and Columbia universities. He studied with Vincent Scully at Yale and while at Columbia, he was the teaching assistant for Robert A.M. Stern, who is one of the most noted Shingle Style architects in America. Ross is the founding and managing principal of A4 Architecture in Newport.