Slide Title

Newport: Ochre Court, Odgen Goelet House, Gate

Photographer/Creator

Chester Smolski, Rhode Island College
Richard Morris Hunt

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Date

Winter 10-1971

Description

Ochre Court was commissioned by New York real-estate baron Odgen Goulet. It merges Flamboyant Gothic and Italian Renaissance architectural forms in the style of Françcois I. It replaced a formed home, Edgewater (George Champlin Mason, architect), a steep French Mansard that Goulet lived in for six summers before having it razed for the new structure in 1888. In 1947 it was donated to the Sisters of Mercy to serve as a college complex, and later administrative center, for Salve Regina University. This 1971 photo shows the entrance to the university in the fall. Much of the original artwork and interior was lost or altered to suit university needs. Biography: Jordy, William H. "Buildings of Rhode Island" Oxford University Press, 2004. p. 559-560. Yarnall, James L. "Newport through Its Architecture : A History of Styles from Postmedieval to Postmodern." Newport, R.I.: Salve Regina University Press in association with University Press of New England, Hanover and London, 2005. p.69, 133-135.

Notes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salve_Regina_University

Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Creator 2 Dates

1827-1895

Creator 2 Role

Architect

Building Type

Mansion

Building Style

Beaux-Arts

Subject Headings

Space (Architecture) – Rhode Island -- Newport; Salve Regina University (RI);

Country Name

United States

Region Name

Rhode Island

City Name

Newport

Street Address

52 Ochre Point Ave

Recommended Citation

Smolski, Chester and Hunt, Richard Morris, "Newport: Ochre Court, Odgen Goelet House, Gate" (1971). Browse All. 159.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/159