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Fort Adams State Park

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Fort Adams State Park is a public recreation and historic area preserving Fort Adams, a large coastal fortification located at the harbor mouth in Newport, Rhode Island, that was active from 1841 through the first half of the 20th century. The state park hosts the annual Newport Jazz Festival and Newport Folk Festival and is the home of Sail Newport and Eisenhower House.

History

The area was originally owned by William Brenton, who called the region "Hammersmith," a name that survives in the name of the adjacent Hammersmith Farm. Following its long tenure as a military installation, the State of Rhode Island took possession of Fort Adams for use as a state park in 1965.

Activities and amenities

In addition to panoramic views of the harbor and Narragansett Bay, the park offers swimming, boating, picnicking, and athletic fields. The Joseph "Jay" Kirwin Memorial Rugby Pitch is home to Newport Rugby Football Club and to the rugby teams of Salve Regina University. In addition to the dedicated Kirwin rugby pitch, there are two soccer fields/rugby pitches. The annual Newport Rugby Sevens Tournament is held at the fort each summer.

The Fort Adams Trust offers seasonal guided tours of Fort Adams, the Fort Adams Advanced Southern Redoubt, and the Eisenhower “Summer White House."

Fort Adams State Beach is a small, shallow, roped-off area for swimming, with slightly rocky sand. The adjacent Dr. Fred Alofsin Special Events Building has bathrooms, showers, picnic tables, and a small parking lot.

Further reading

  • John Martin Hammond, [https://archive.org/details/quainthistofforts00hammrich Quaint and Historic Forts of North America]. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915.
  • Patricia Harris, David Lyon, Journey to New England. Globe Pequot Press, 1999, pp. 20–21, {{ISBN|978-0-7627-0330-2}}.

References

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{{cite web |url=https://www.riparks.com/Locations/LocationFortAdams.html |title=Fort Adams State Park |publisher=State of Rhode Island Division of Parks & Recreation |access-date=August 26, 2014}}

{{cite web |url=http://riparks.com/fortadams.htm |title=Fort Adams State Park |publisher=State of Rhode Island Division of Parks & Recreation |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050203184755/http://riparks.com/fortadams.htm |archivedate=February 3, 2005 |accessdate=January 24, 2023}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.riparks.com/History/HistoryFortAdams.html|title=Fort Adams State Park History |publisher=State of Rhode Island Division of Parks & Recreation |access-date=August 26, 2014}}

{{cite web |title=History of Brenton's Neck from 1638 |author=Elizabeth C. Brenton |date=1877 |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rinewpor/brenton/Brenton10.html |location=Newport, R.I. |page=10 |publisher=John P. Sanborn, Printer, Mercury Office |access-date=December 2, 2010}}

{{cite web |url=http://fortadams.org/visit-fort-adams/|title=Visit Fort Adams |publisher=Fort Adams Trust |access-date=August 8, 2017}}}}

External links

  • [https://www.riparks.com/Locations/LocationFortAdams.html Fort Adams State Park] Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Parks & Recreation
  • [http://fortadams.org/ Fort Adams and the Fort Adams Trust] The Fort Adams Trust

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Category:State parks of Rhode Island

Category:Narragansett Bay

Category:Geography of Newport, Rhode Island

Category:Protected areas of Newport County, Rhode Island

Category:Tourist attractions in Newport, Rhode Island

Category:Sports venues in Rhode Island

Category:Protected areas established in 1965

Category:1965 establishments in Rhode Island