Charles Tillinghast House

The Charles Tillinghast House was an historic house at 243-245 Thames Street in downtown Newport, Rhode Island. It was a ​2 1⁄2-story timber-frame structure, with a side-gable roof. Built c. 1710–20, it was one of the oldest buildings in the city. It was probably built by Charles Tillinghast, whose family was among the founders of Rhode Island. The house had a distinctive cove-shaped plaster cornice, typically only found on houses of this period. It was one of the first houses to be built on Thames Street.[2]

Charles Tillinghast House
Location243-245 Thame St., Newport, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°29′19″N 71°18′54″W
Built1715 (1715)
Demolishedc. 1973
Part ofNewport Historic District (ID68000001[1])
NRHP reference No.72001576 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 20, 1972
Designated NHLDCPNovember 24, 1968

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1] It was demolished shortly thereafter to make way for an extension of America's Cup Highway to Memorial Boulevard.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Charles Tillinghast House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  3. "3 Historic Places Put on Register". Newport Mercury. February 11, 1972 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "List of Resources/Resource Inventory: Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" (PDF). Hudson River Valley Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 27, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.


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