Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum
The Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum is an arboretum of 13 hectares (32 acres), located at 101 Ferry Road, Bristol, Rhode Island, midway between Newport and Providence, Rhode Island, on Bristol Harbor with views over Narragansett Bay. It includes a mansion, with a 4 hectares (9.9 acres) lawn and over 300 species of woody plants in its arboretum and gardens, including both native and exotic species.
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Blithewold Mansion (west elevation) | |
| Location | Bristol, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°39′15″N 71°15′58″W |
| Built | 1895 |
| Architect | Dewolf, John; Kilham & Hopkins |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals |
| Website | http://www.blithewold.org |
| NRHP reference No. | 80000074 |
| Added to NRHP | June 27, 1980 |
The Mansion and its grounds were established in the 1890s by Augustus and Bessie Van Wickle as their summer retreat. Augustus Van Wickle was from Hazleton, Pennsylvania, with a fortune in the coal-mining business and a donor of the Van Wickle Gates at Brown University.
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