Interior, Ochre Court (1892)*

Artist/Designer: Richard Morris Hunt

Project Location: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Figure 1: Valdes-Lora, Carolina. Member of the Victorian Society in America Non-Profit National Organization. “Main Salon at Ochre Court.” Photograph. Newport, RI: Newport Summer School Scholars,

Figure 2: Valdes-Lora, Carolina. Member of the Victorian Society in America Non-Profit National Organization. “Main Salon at Ochre Court.” Photograph. Newport, RI: Newport Summer School Scholars,

Figure 3: Valdes-Lora, Carolina. Member of the Victorian Society in America Non-Profit National Organization. “Main Salon at Ochre Court.” Photograph. Newport, RI: Newport Summer School Scholars,

Figure 4: Valdes-Lora, Carolina. Member of the Victorian Society in America Non-Profit National Organization. “Main Salon at Ochre Court.” Photograph. Newport, RI: Newport Summer School Scholars,

Figure 5: Valdes-Lora, Carolina. Member of the Victorian Society in America Non-Profit National Organization. “Main Salon at Ochre Court.” Photograph. Newport, RI: Newport Summer School Scholars,

Figure 6: Valdes-Lora, Carolina. Member of the Victorian Society in America Non-Profit National Organization. “Main Salon at Ochre Court.” Photograph. Newport, RI: Newport Summer School Scholars,

Figure 7: Valdes-Lora, Carolina. Member of the Victorian Society in America Non-Profit National Organization. “Main Salon at Ochre Court.” Photograph. Newport, RI: Newport Summer School Scholars,

Style/Period(s):
Revival Styles

Primary Material(s):
Paint

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

Ochre Court (c. 1892) is part of Salve Regina University

Significant Date(s):
19th Century

Additional Information:

Publications/Texts in Print:

Craven, Wayne. Gilded Mansions: Grand Architecture and High Society. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009.

Yarnall, James. Newport Through Its Architecture: A History of Styles from Postmedieval to Postmodern. Lebanon: University Press of New England, 2005.

Downing, Antoinette F. and Vincent J. Scully Jr. The Architectural Heritage of Newport, RI, 1640-1915. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1952.

Stein, Susan R., ed. The Architecture of Richard Morris Hunt. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986.

Richard, Cheek. Newport Mansions: The Gilded Age. Norfolk: Foremost Publications, 1982.

Building Address
Ochre Court, Newport, RI 02840

Significant Dates:

Built in 1892

Given to Sisters of Mercy in 1947

Supporting Staff/ Designers:

N/A

Tags:

New England, Rhode Island, guilded age, mansion, Newport, French inspired

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