3 haunted and historic destinations in RI.
Providence, RI
Benefit Street is a historic thoroughfare in Providence's East Side, lined with 18th and 19th-century homes and institutions. The street holds literary significance through Edgar Allan Poe's 1848 engagement to Providence resident Sarah Helen Whitman, whom he met at 88 Benefit Street. Their courtship included time spent at the Providence Athenaeum library.
Newport, RI
Brenton Point began as a sheep farm in the 1600s under William Brenton, a religious refugee from Massachusetts. During the Revolutionary War, the site served as a strategic fort. In 1876, prominent attorney and amateur Egyptologist Theodore M. Davis built his grand mansion, The Reef (later The Bells), along with elaborate carriage houses, stables, and servant quarters to display his collection of Egyptian antiquities.
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Newport, RI
Castle Hill Inn, originally the Agassiz Mansion, was constructed in 1875 as a summer estate for Alexander Agassiz, a renowned marine biologist and Harvard professor. The Gilded Age mansion was designed by architect Robert H. Slack and served the Agassiz family for generations. The property later housed a naval base during World War II and was eventually converted into a luxury inn.