Named for
Vice-Admiral
Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral.
Australia
In the Royal Australian Navy, the rank of vic ...
Robert FitzRoy
Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was an English officer of the Royal Navy, politician and scientist who served as the second governor of New Zealand between 1843 and 1845. He achieved lasting fame as the captain of ...
, The Admiral Fitzroy Inn is located at 398
Thames Street in
Newport,
Rhode Island
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, in the
Newport Historic District.
History
It was designed by architect Dudley Newton, and built in 1854. It served as the home of the Sisters of Mercy Convent for nuns of St. Mary's church from 1854 to 1924, and later housed the first private Catholic school in Rhode Island, St Mary's Academy from 1854 to 1924.
Jacqueline Bouvier and future U.S. President
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the first Roman Catholic and youngest person elected p ...
were married in
St Mary's Church.
In 1986, the building was dismantled and moved from the original site, two blocks away on Spring Street, to the current location of 398 Thames Street. It now serves as the Admiral Fitzroy Inn.
Architectural style
The principal architectural style is
Gothic, and the secondary is
Italianate
The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style combined its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century It ...
(according to the Historic Building Data Sheet Rhode Island Statewide Survey Phase 1 and the
National Register of Historic Places
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nomination form for
Newport Historic District).
Features
The eighteen rooms have decorative hand-painted walls. The Admiral Fitzroy Inn also has a conference room, a rooftop deck for guests, a small dining room, and a view of the ocean. There is off-street parking for guests. There are some antiques displayed including an original Admiral Fitzroy Barometer that hangs in the lobby.
References
External links
"Rhode Island – Newport County" National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (retrieved 2008-11-14)
Admiral Fitzroy Inn(retrieved 2008-11-14)
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John Fitzgerald Kennedy WeddingJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, (retrieved 2008-11-12)
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Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Buildings and structures in Newport, Rhode Island
Hotels in Rhode Island
Historic district contributing properties in Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Newport, Rhode Island