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Brick Market

Thames St. & Washington Sq., Newport, Rhode Island

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Brick Market

1. Historic American Buildings Survey, Arthur W. LeBoeuf, Photographer, 1937 FRONT AND SIDE ELEVATIONS.

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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

Tags 

18th Century (4,629)
Brick (42,462)
Built 1762 (22)
Built during 1760s (516)
Commercial building (6,113)
Have Street View (44,003)
Historic American Buildings Survey (1,238)
 National Historic Landmark (2,195)
Newport County, Rhode Island (117)
Newport, Rhode Island (66)
Owned by local government (11,501)
Peter Harrison (6)
Rhode Island (779)

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  • April 5, 2015: New Street View added by Marc Belanger

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