Clarke Cooke House (also known as Clark Cooke House or Clark Cook House) is a historic colonial house and restaurant on Bannister's Wharf at 285 Thames Street in
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States. It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, Providence, south of Fall River, Massachusetts, south of Boston, and nort ...
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History
In 1780, Clarke Cooke, a wealthy Newport sea captain built the house nearby on
Thames Street, opposite what is now the Blues Cafe, before eventually moving from Thames Street as it commercialized. In the 1970s David W. Ray purchased the building and moved it over a sixth month period in 1973 to Bannister's Wharf. The second and third floors of the building are original (while the first had been used for various commercial purposes) and these top "floors were jacked up, moved and set on a new foundation, which is now the wharf level dining area."
[Michael Janusonis]
On Bannister’s Wharf, look for the welcoming mermaid logo
Providence Journal, Thursday, June 28, 2007 It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1972, but was removed in 1973 after being relocated.
See also
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Colonial history of the United States
The colonial history of the United States covers the period of European colonization of the Americas, European colonization of North America from the late 15th century until the unifying of the Thirteen Colonies, Thirteen British Colonies a ...
References
External links
Official Website
{{Restaurants in Rhode Island
Houses completed in 1780
Restaurants in Rhode Island
Houses in Newport County, Rhode Island
Former National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island