RICHARD MORRIS HUNT 200
October 2027
Participating organizations/ potential programs-events
Island Cemetery Newport
RMH tour family graves, client graves, Hunt designed stones; scheduling flexible based on other events
Newport Historical Society
Nancy Grinnell as a lecturer “Art and Enterprise: Richard Morris Hunt’s Early Newport Friendships.”
Salve Regina University
keynote lecture and panel discussion followed by a reception; final weekend, Thursday or Friday; exhibition for Hamilton gallery
Newport Art Museum
Belcourt of Newport
Discover Newport
Newport Photographers Guild
Charter Books
Redwood Library?
Additional Participants
Mike Franco
Colleen Pilat
RMH 200 Collaborative Project Leads- Leslie Jones, Lew Keen, Trudy Keen, Kate Petterson
Scheduled meetings- October 14th, April ?? 2027
Potential Calendar of Events
Lectures- Thursday
October 7- NAM
October 14- NHS- Art and Enterprise: Richard Morris Hunt’s Early Newport Friendships
October 21
October 28
October 29- Salve
Lectures- other times
potential guided tours- Griswold House, Ochre court, private homes or properties
tours- special
Saturday
October 2
October
9
October
16
October 23
October 30- Salve
tours- regularly scheduled (based on 2026 schedule) to be updated closer to October 2027
Breakers daily 9am- 5pm
Marble House daily 9am-5pm
Chateau sur Mer - none
Belcourt
- some Thursdays, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
other events
Friday, October 29- Salve
Sunday, October 31
month long events
display
Map showing existing Hunt projects linked here
long term
Plaque or interpretive sign at the Viking Hotel
