The Newport Casino is located at 186-202 Bellevue Avenue Newport, Rhode Island ( 41° 28′ 58″ N 71° 18′ 29″ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=41_28_58_N_71_18_29_W_)). It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A side street in Newport, Rhode Island, showing the historic buildings near the waterfront Newport is a city located in Newport County, Rhode Island. ... The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ...

Buildings

Newport Casino, Bellevue Ave. façade

Newport Casino, Horseshoe Court

The complex was commissioned in 1880 by James Gordon Bennett, Jr., who hired the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White to design the facility. The builder was Nathan Barker. It stands today as one of the finest examples of Victorian shingle-style architecture in the world. The buildings are generally well preserved, except for the Theatre which is in poor condition. 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... James Gordon Bennett, Jr. ... McKim, Mead, and White was the premier architectural firm in the eastern United States at the turn of the twentieth century. ... The Queen Anne style of British and American architecture reached its greatest popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century, manifesting itself in a number of different ways, not identically in Great Britain and the United States of America. ...

The complex includes:

• The Casino (shops, a restaurant, offices, and the International Tennis Hall of Fame)
• Horseshoe Piazza and Court
• Bill Talbert Stadium
• Court Tennis Building (reconstructed)
• Theatre
• Indoor tennis courts (modern)
• Various grass tennis courts

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Sports

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In its heyday in the Gilded Age, the Newport Casino offered a wide array of social diversions to the summer colony including archery, billiards, bowling, concerts, dancing, dining, horse shows, lawn bowling, reading, real tennis, tea parties, and theatricals. It was best known as the home of American lawn tennis. It hosted the 1881-1914 National Championship, later called the U.S. Open. The term Gilded Age refers to the political and economic nature situation of the United States from approximately 1876-1900. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... Tennis is a racquet sport played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Player(s) use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball over a net into the opponents court. ... Events January - April January 16-24 ? Siege of Geok Tepe ? Russian troops under general Skobeleff defeat Turkomans January 25 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company February 5 - Phoenix, Arizona is incorporated. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The U.S. Open is the fourth and final event of the Grand Slam in tennis. ...

Today there is still an active grass-court tennis club, as well as an indoor tennis club.

The Court Tennis Building burned down in 1945, but was rebuilt in 1980. It is home to the National Tennis Club. Real tennis is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis, or tennis, is descended. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

References

• Historic American Buildings Survey No. HABS RI-331