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Stonybrook Estate Historic District

Gothic Revival architecture in Rhode IslandHistoric districts in Newport County, Rhode IslandHistoric districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode IslandHouses completed in 1928Houses in Newport County, Rhode Island
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STONYBROOK ESTATE HISTORIC DISTRICT, NEWPORT COUNTY RI
STONYBROOK ESTATE HISTORIC DISTRICT, NEWPORT COUNTY RI

The Stonybrook Estate Historic District is a historic district at 501-521 Indian Ave. and 75 Vaucluse Avenue in Middletown, Rhode Island. It encompasses what was the largest and most elaborate summer estate built in Middletown, an outgrowth of the expansion of Newport's summer resort community into neighboring towns. The late Gothic Revival main house, built in 1928, was designed by Horace Trumbauer (who also worked on The Elms) for Edward C. Knight, Jr., for whom he had also designed a house on Newport's Bellevue Avenue. The district includes the estate's landscaped grounds, along with a carriage house, several guest cottages, a gate house, and a gardener's cottage (now 75 Vaucluse Avenue).The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

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