Alexander Van Rensselaer House, Middletown

#9 among attractions in Middletown

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The Alexander Van Rensselaer House, also known historically as Restmere and Villalou, is a historic house at 1 Ichabod Lane in Middletown, Rhode Island. Built in 1857, it is a prominent example of Italianate architecture, designed by Richard Upjohn, with some of the earliest examples of Stick style decoration in the United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. ()

Coordinates: 41°30'23"N, 71°17'17"W

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Newport EastMiddletown United States

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Alexander Van Rensselaer House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Miantonomi Memorial Park, Touro Synagogue, United Baptist Church, Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House.

1.2 miW
Park, Nature and wildlife
Miantonomi Memorial Park, Newport
31 min walk • Miantonomi Memorial Park is a public park between Hillside Avenue and Girard Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. The Narragansett Indians used the area around the park for hundreds of years and the park is named after Sachem, or Chief, Miantonomi.
1.7 miSW
Historic 1763 synagogue with tours
Touro Synagogue, Newport
44 min walk • The Touro Synagogue or Congregation Jeshuat Israel is a synagogue built in 1763 in Newport, Rhode Island. It is the oldest synagogue building still standing in the United States, the only surviving synagogue building in the U.S. dating to the colonial era, and the oldest surviving Jewish synagogue building in North America.
1.6 miSW
Church
United Baptist Church, Newport
42 min walk • The United Baptist Church, John Clarke Memorial is a historic Baptist church in Newport, Rhode Island, USA that was founded in 1638–1644.
1.6 miSW
Museum, History museum, Georgian architecture
Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House, Newport
40 min walk • The Wanton–Lyman–Hazard House is the oldest surviving house in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Built c. 1697, it is also one of the oldest surviving houses in the state. It is located at the corner of Broadway and Stone Street, in the downtown section of the city in the Newport Historic District.
1.7 miSW
Church
Shiloh Church, Newport
45 min walk • Shiloh Baptist Church is a historic former school building and former African American Baptist church in Newport, Rhode Island.
1.7 miSW
Cemetery
Touro Cemetery, Newport
43 min walk • Touro Synagogue Cemetery, dedicated in 1677, is located in the colonial historic district of Newport, Rhode Island, not far from the Touro Synagogue. Other Jewish graves are found nearby as part of the Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery on Farewell Street.
1 miE
Windmill
Boyd's Windmill, Middletown
27 min walk • Boyd's Windmill, also known as Boyd's Wind Grist Mill, is a historic smock mill at Paradise Valley Park on Prospect Avenue in Middletown, Rhode Island.
1 miNE
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Whitehall Museum House, Middletown
26 min walk • The Whitehall Museum House is the farmhouse modified by Dean George Berkeley, when he lived in the northern section of Newport, Rhode Island that comprises present-day Middletown in 1729–1731, while working to open his planned St Paul's College on Bermuda.
1.7 miSW
Museum
Newport Historical Society, Newport
44 min walk • The Newport Historical Society is a historical society in Newport, Rhode Island that was chartered in 1854 to collect and preserve books, manuscripts, and objects pertaining to Newport's history.
1.1 miE
Museum, History museum
Paradise School, Middletown
28 min walk • The Paradise School is an historic school building at Paradise Avenue and Prospect Street in Middletown, Rhode Island. It is situated on farm land which historically belonged to the Whitman family for generations, and was donated by the family to the town of Middletown.
1.5 miSW
Neighbourhood
Kay Street–Catherine Street–Old Beach Road Historic District, Newport
38 min walk • The Kay Street–Catherine Street–Old Beach Road Historic District is a historic district in Newport, Rhode Island.