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14th Neighborhoods of Newport House Tour

The
2014 Neighborhoods of Newport RI House Tour will provide exclusive entry to seven
private homes in Newport including “Hillside”, a stunning Shingle Style home
designed by Peabody & Stearns currently featured in RI Monthly for its
amazing display of over 150,000 daffodils
The event is a fundraiser for St. Michael's Country Day School and the
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Newport. 
Other houses include the Preservation Society of Newport property “Isaac
Bell House”, one of two 1883 – 1886 houses by architects McKim, Mead &
White; and new home "Wind Shadows" on a 15-acre property in the famed
Ocean Drive area of Newport designed by Ronald F. DiMauro Architects. 

The Paradise Farmhouse at Norman Bird
Sanctuary will be the setting for a reception and book signing by
California-based celebrity designer Barclay Butera (www.barclaybutera.com) from
2:00 to 5:00.  Tickets are $60 in
advance, $50 each for 4 or more, and $75 after 4/25.  Boxed gourmet lunch can be pre-ordered for
$10.  To buy tickets and for all the
details please visit www.newporthousetour.com or call 849.5970.  This is one event that you do not want to
miss!







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