Ocean Dr., Newport, Rhode Island. County/parish: Newport.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 11, 1976. NRIS 76000048.
53 contributing buildings.
The Ocean Drive Historic District is a historic district that covers the long avenue of the same name along the southern shore of Newport, Rhode Island, United States. The majority of the land was owned by Edward King. It was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1976, in recognition for its distinctive landscape (largely the work of Frederick Law Olmsted) and architecture, which is less formal and generally not as ostentatious as the grand summer properties of Bellevue Avenue.
Olmstead completed the design of Ocean Drive in 1867. It consists of houses on large lots that overlook the beaches and ocean. It was a favorite picnicking spot of the wealthy summer residents of the mansions on nearby Bellevue Avenue in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41375052