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Historic Sites Attractions In Bristol County

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Bristol is a town in the historic county seat of Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 22,954 at the 2010 census. Bristol is a deepwater seaport named after Bristol, England. Major industries include boat building , manufacturing, and tourism. The town's school system is united with neighboring Warren, Rhode Island. Prominent communities include Luso-Americans , mostly Azorean, and Italian-Americans.
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  • 1. Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum Bristol Rhode Island
    The Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum is an arboretum of 13 hectares , 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 lawn and over 300 species of woody plants in its arboretum and gardens, including both native and exotic species. 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. Today's grounds are primarily the design of John DeWolf, and date between 1896 and 1913. The property was listed on the National Register of ...
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  • 2. Linden Place Mansion Bristol Rhode Island
    Linden Place mansion is a Federal-style mansion located in Bristol, Rhode Island. It was built in 1810 by the seafaring General George DeWolf and was designed by architect, Russell Warren. The mansion now operates as a historic house museum. Built in the Robert Adam inspired Federal style, popular in the early decades of the new American nation, Linden Place magnificently reflects the prosperity of the DeWolf merchant princes and the exquisite Adamesque Federal taste inspired by the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome. Linden Place is one of the best examples of Federal architecture in New England, from the magnificent Palladian windows to the fluted Corinthian columns, which gracefully flank the front entrance to the mansion. Also of architectural significance are the later added Goth...
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