Named for Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy

Robert FitzRoy

Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy RN achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, and as a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate weather forecasting a reality...

, The Admiral Fiztroy Inn is currently located at 398 Thames Street in Newport

Newport, Rhode Island

Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War...

, Rhode Island

Rhode Island

The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

, in the Newport Historic District

Newport Historic District (Rhode Island)

The Newport Historic District covers 250 acres in the center of that city in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1968 due to its extensive and well-preserved assortment of intact colonial buildings dating from the early and mid-18th century...

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History

It was designed by architect Dudly Newton, and built in 1854. Initially, it served as the "Home of the Sisters of Mercy" Convent

Convent

A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns, or the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion...

 for nuns of St. Mary's church from (1854–1924). Jacqueline Bouvier and John Fitzgerald Kennedy were married in St Mary’s Church. St. Mary’s later "Housed the First Private Catholic School in Rhode Island, St Mary's Academy 1854-1924." (taken from historical signage located on the building’s original site location)
The building was moved from the original site, to the current location of 398 Thames Street, in 1985. It now serves as The Admiral Fitzroy Inn.

Architectural Style

The principal architectural style is Gothic

Gothic Revival architecture

The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...

, and the secondary is Italianate (according to the Historic Building Data Sheet Rhode Island Statewide Survey Phase 1 and the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 nomination form for Newport Historic District).

Current Features

The eighteen rooms have decorative hand-painted walls. The Admiral Fitzroy Inn also has a conference room, a roof-top deck for guests, a small dining room, and a view of the ocean. There is off-street parking for guests. There are some antiques displayed including an original Admiral Fitzroy Barometer that hangs in the lobby.

External links

“Rhode Island - Newport County” http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/RI/Newport/districts.html. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (retrieved 2008-11-14)

“Admiral Fitzroy Inn”. http://www.admiralfitzroy.com/ (retrieved 2008-11-14)

“Wedding Details: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John Fitzgerald Kennedy Wedding”. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, http://www.jfklibrary.org/ (retrieved 2008-11-12)