Luxury Home of the Week: Historic Newport mansion listed for $5.95 million
This Newport, R.I., mansion is publicly on the market for the first time in more than 70 years.
“Snug Harbor,” also known as the “Charles H. Baldwin House” for its original owner, is a 6,929-square-foot Newport, R.I., home with a historic pedigree, a $5,950,000 price tag, and a storied address.
It’s the first time the home, 328 Bellevue Ave., has been publicly offered for more than 70 years, according to the listing. Constructed between 1877 and 1878 by the architectural firm of William Appleton Potter and Robert Henderson Robertson for Navy Admiral Charles H. Baldwin, its design is mostly Queen Anne, with touches of the Shingle, American Colonial, and English Arts-and-Crafts styles. The property holds a spot on the National Register of Historic Places and one of Newport’s most fashionable streets. Bellevue Avenue “was home to many of America’s elite during the Gilded Age,” according to newport-discovery-guide.com. “Its residents included the Astors, Vanderbilts, Morgans, and other members of ‘The 400’ (New York’s premier social list), who made Newport, Rhode Island their summer home.”
Seated on 1.83 acres, the home offers five bedrooms and 4.5 baths. Original elements such as marble and tiled fireplaces are mixed with the modern, such as central air conditioning and heated floors. A grand oak staircase, a great hall, a gunite pool, a clay tennis court, a stone piazza, and a 3,000-square-foot basement are all notable elements of this listing. Also worth a double take is the estate’s third story, which boasts a partial ocean view and a cathedral ceiling. At 1,700 square feet, there’s a lot of potential up there.
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