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Mike Margonis, our TOH Historian, has kindly agreed to research members' homes creating the "Every House has a Story Series".
He also researches various places in Newport for our historical walking tours.
Mike may be reached via the members chat.
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Great Reads
Jeannine Falino
The Newport Experience: Sustaining Historic Preservation into the 21st Century
Preserving a historic house is a labor of love. Preserving nearly a dozen houses, from Colonial-era Georgian to opulent Gilded Age mansions, becomes a mission. In this book, The Preservation Society of Newport County shares its 75 years of experience in conserving three centuries of the finest achievements in American architecture, decorative arts and landscape design.
James Yarnall
Newport Through Its Architecture:
A History of Styles from Postmedieval to Postmodern
A remarkable coincidence of unplanned historical events has preserved Newport, Rhode Island’s architectural heritage in a way that is rare among American cities. Newport has the largest number of pre-Revolutionary War buildings in North America, with some 800 in its old historic districts.
A remarkable coincidence of unplanned historical events has preserved Newport, Rhode Island’s architectural heritage in a way that is rare among American cities. Newport has the largest number of pre-Revolutionary War buildings in North America, with some 800 in its old historic districts.
John R. Tschirch
Newport:
The Artful City
This is a richly illustrated portrait of Newport, Rhode Island as a work of urban art, from colonial times to the present, both documented and celebrated in the maps, paintings, photographs, poetry and prose of renowned artists and writers. As one of the most historically intact cities in North America, Newport has a cultural and architectural heritage of national significance.
Rockwell Stensrud
Newport:
A Lively Experiment: 1639-1969
In this important contribution to the history of Newport, Rhode Island, and New England, Rockwell Stensrud charts the story of the founding of the settlement in the seventeenth century, following its history and the lives of key characters to the late twentieth century in an engaging and readable narrative.
Ronald Onorato
American Institute of Architects Guide to Newport
This guide is intended primarily as a walking guide to show the City's architectural legacy from 1650 to the present. This slender guide is chock full of concise architectural information on a great many of the Newport area treasures.