Brick Market & Museum of Newport History
Brick Market
A colonial-era market building from 1762, now a small museum telling the story of Newport's more than 300 years of history.
The Brick Market was built in 1762 to designs by Peter Harrison. Originally the ground floor was a market and the upper floors held warehouses and a meeting hall, a testament to Newport's colonial commercial prosperity. It now houses the Newport Historical Society museum, which uses artifacts and multimedia to tell the city's story, from its colonial port and the slave trade through the War of Independence to the Gilded Age. It is also the meeting point for some city walking tours. It stands where Washington Square meets Thames Street.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–17:00 (check official website)
Nearby sights
- Thames Street
- White Horse Tavern
- Trinity Church
- Bowen's Wharf & Bannister's Wharf
- Touro Synagogue
- St. Mary's Church
- Newport Tower
- Redwood Library and Athenaeum