Bellevue Avenue Historic District

Stroll or drive past Newport's Gilded Age mansions, several open for tours, along a landmark avenue of summer cottages.

Bellevue Ave, from the Newport Casino south past the mansions · Newport, RI

About Bellevue Avenue Historic District

This 606-acre National Historic Landmark District takes in the stretch of Newport where wealthy families built their summer houses. Eight properties here are landmarks in their own right, among them The Breakers, Marble House, The Elms, Chateau-sur-Mer, Kingscote, the Isaac Bell House and the Newport Casino. Walking or driving the avenue is free, and the Preservation Society of Newport County opens several of the mansions for ticketed tours. Rosecliff and Vernon Court also sit within the district.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Bellevue Avenue Historic District, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Museums
National Museum of American Illustration
Under $25
A Newport museum devoted entirely to American illustration art, housed in the Vernon Court mansion.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Sports & Outdoors
Iconic
Cliff Walk
No admission fee
Walk a 3.5-mile shoreline path with the Atlantic on one side and Newport's Gilded Age mansions on the other.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Sightseeing
History Buff
Rosecliff
$25–$50
Walk through a Gilded Age mansion with Newport's largest ballroom and a heart-shaped grand staircase.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.4 mi awayMore like this
Museums
Chepstow
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A Newport summer house built in 1860 that holds furnishings and American paintings tied to the Morris family.
0.4 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Sightseeing
Iconic
The Breakers
$25–$50
Tour the 70-room Vanderbilt summer house on Newport's cliffs with a self-guided audio tour of its gilded rooms.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.4 mi awayMore like this
Sightseeing
The Elms
$25–$50
A Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, cared for by the Preservation Society of Newport County.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.5 mi awayMore like this