Kay Street–Catherine Street–Old Beach Road Historic District

The Kay Street–Catherine Street–Old Beach Road Historic District is a historic district in Newport, Rhode Island. The area is located north of Newport's well-known Bellevue Avenue, and encompasses an area that was developed residentially between about 1830 and 1890, for the most part before the Gilded Age mansions were built further south. The district is bounded on the south by Memorial Boulevard, on the east by Easton's Pond, on the west by Bellevue Avenue and Kay and Bull Streets, and on the north by Broadway, Rhode Island Avenue, Prairie Avenue, and Champlin Street.[2] The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1973, with a boundary decrease in 2018.[1]

Kay Street–Catherine Street–Old Beach Road Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Old Beach Road in 2008
Location	Roughly bounded by Broadway, Memorial Blvd., Whitfield Pl., Champlin & Sherman Sts., Rhode Island, Prairie & Gibbs Ave., Newport, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°29′23″N 71°18′19″W
Area	260 acres (110 ha)
Built	1830
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Stick/Eastlake, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	73000052 [1] 100002193 (decrease)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 22, 1973
Boundary decrease	March 12, 2018

Notable properties that are included in this district are the Touro Synagogue, a National Historic Site, the Redwood Library and Athenaeum and the John Griswold House, both National Historic Landmarks, and the Newport Tower.[2] The district also overlaps a portion of the Newport Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. "NRHP nomination for Kay Street–Catherine Street–Old Beach Road Historic District" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-05.