Brick Market
Thames St. & Washington Sq., Newport, Rhode Island
Photos
Brick Market
1. Historic American Buildings Survey, Arthur W. LeBoeuf, Photographer, 1937 FRONT AND SIDE ELEVATIONS.
Photo from the Historic American Buildings Survey
View photos at Library of Congress
Map
Coordinates:
+41.49007, -71.3152341°29'24" N, 71°18'55" W
Quadrangle map:Newport
Description
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)
-- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS RI-276)
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966
- Reference number
- 66000019
- Area of significance
- Architecture
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Business
- Periods of significance
- 1750-1799; 1825-1849
- Significant years
- 1762; 1772
Update Log
- April 5, 2015: New Street View added by Marc Belanger