Newport in Newport County, Rhode Island — The American Northeast (New England)
Clarke Burdick House
placed on the
National Register
of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Clarke Burdick House
c. 1835
NRF
Founded by Doris Duke 1968
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1835.
Location. 41° 28.926′ N, 71° 18.874′ W. Marker is in Newport, Rhode Island, in Newport County. It is at the intersection of Thames Street and Dennison Street, on the left when traveling north on Thames Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 413 Thames St, Newport RI 02840, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Narragansett Bay and in Newport and Aquidneck Island. It is also in the American Northeast, in New England, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance
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Also see . . . . The house is a contributing structure to the Southern Thames Historic District, and is named the Sumner M. Stewart House. The form was prepared by Catherine W. Zipf, with William McKenzie Woodward and Pamela Kennedy, for Salve Regina University and the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission in May 2008. The statement of historical significance for the district begins on page 6:
The Southern Thames Historic District is set in the port city of Newport on a west sloping, harborside location. It includes a large neighborhood divided into a grid of narrow lots by two major north-south arteries, Thames Street and Spring Street, and by manycross streets running east-west up the hill from the waterfront.
Historically a mostly working-class Irish neighborhood (though dating back in its origins to the 17th century), the Southern Thames area flourished and expanded between 1850 and 1920, experienced a stable period in the mid-20th century, until once again it became a desirable neighborhood in the 1980s. Physically, the area's building stock is overwhelmingly late-19th-century compact, unassuming, cohesive. The district is divided into three areas: a residential area, the Thames Street commercial corridor, and the waterfront.
An architectural description of the specific house is found on page 120 (Item 413):
Sumner M. Stewart House (ca 1845): A 21/2-story, asymmetrical-3-bay-fa9ade Greek Revival house with a sidelight-flanked principal entrance framed by broad pilasters and deep entablature, symmetrical 5-bay east elevation, 6-over-6 windows, gabled dormer above the east elevation, and paneled brick chimney slightly south of the center of the house on the ridgeline. Stewart was superintendent of the nearby Perry Mill, 337 Thames Street (q.v.).(Submitted on September 27, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)
Credits. This page was last revised on September 30, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 6 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 27, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
