John Bliss House in Newport added to National Register of Historic Places

THE JOHN BLISS House on Wilbur Avenue in Newport has officially been added to the National Register of Historic Places. R.I. STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
THE JOHN BLISS House on Wilbur Avenue in Newport has officially been added to the National Register of Historic Places. R.I. STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE

NEWPORT – The John Bliss House, one of Rhode Island’s oldest buildings, has officially been added to the National Register of Historic Places.  The home at 2 Wilbur Ave. served as British field headquarters during the Revolutionary War and is Newport’s only surviving example of an early building type known as the “stone-ender,” according to the

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