Newport Hospital

Newport Hospital, Job #01039, Newport, RI

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Location:

Newport, RI

Significance:

Olmsted Designed Hospital

MANAGED BY:

City of Newport

In 1886, Frederick Law Olmsted and John Charles Olmsted were commissioned to design the Newport Hospital within the Rocky Farm neighborhood. On the Hospital grounds, the pair drew plans for a residential community totaling over 232-acres. Along the Atlantic Ocean, Lily Pond, and Almy Pond, the pair placed fifty-seven lots for home. The Olmsted’s continued expansion when, in 1895, they planned the layout for Newport Hospital’s administration building, as well as the Hospital’s grounds.

Source: "Newport Hospital," Olmsted Online

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