Hotel Viking (Newport, Rhode Island)
| Hotel Viking | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 1 Bellevue Ave., Newport, Rhode Island |
| Coordinates | 41°29′15″N 71°18′35″W / 41.487463°N 71.309852°W |
| Completed | 1926 |
The Hotel Viking, or The Hotel Viking, in Newport, Rhode Island, is a historic hotel.
It was opened in 1926.[1] Investors included local businessmen Harry Titus, James O’Connell, and others, plus summer vacationers in the area such as William H. Vanderbilt, who formed "The American Hotels Corporation" to issue public stock and supervise construction during.[2] It was renovated in the mid-1900s (including to add an outdoor pool), in the mid-1990s (including to add a conference center facility), in 2007 (to restore its rooms to "Gilded Age splendor") and again in 2016.[2]
It is a member of the Historic Hotels of America.[1]
It is a five-story Colonial Revival building with, in 2020, 208 rooms or suites. The facility includes a fine-dining restaurant, a lounge, a seasonal bar & kitchen, and regular afternoon tea service in its Garden Room.[3][4]
North Shore magazine said in 2021 that the hotel has both historic and modern wings, and "looks great for its age".[4]
It is located on Bellevue Street, a large part of which is included in Bellevue Avenue Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Bellevue Avenue Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and was further designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark District in 1976. The district includes The Breakers, which is a Vanderbilt family mansion, and numerous other properties of the Gilded Age era, but not the Hotel Viking.[note 1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Historic Hotels of America webpages about the hotel claim that it is included in the Bellevue Avenue Historic District (see "Hotel Viking". Retrieved 13 October 2021.
Discover the elegant Colonial-style Hotel Viking, located in the Bellevue Avenue Historic District and within walking distance of the harbor.
and see "The Viking Hotel: History -- about the location".The Hotel Viking is located in the heart of Newport's Bellevue Avenue Historic District, a federally recognized National Historic Landmark.
) but those claims appear not to be true. Description of bounds of the district in its 1976 NRHP document explain it goes north along Bellevue Avenue only as far as Memorial Boulevard, which is still south of the hotel.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Hotel Viking". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ a b "The Hotel Viking: History". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ Judy Koutsky (October 19, 2020). "Hotel Viking: A Look Inside One Of Newport's Most Historic Properties". Forbes.
- ^ a b Natalie Gales (September 14, 2021). "Hotel Viking: A Luxurious, Historic Newport Getaway". North Shore.