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$3,490,000

59 Washington Street
Newport, RI 02840
Listed by Vincent Fraioli
Bedrooms
6
Bathrooms
7
Living area
5,500 sqft
Year built
1740

About this home

Step into history! The Dennis House ca.1740 (also documented as the William Grafton House) is one of the important early houses on The Point and has not been offered for sale in more than a century. This substantial gambrel-roofed Colonial has undergone numerous renovations and architectural changes over the generations, its most significant alteration in 1876 when the young Charles Follen McKim (later founder of McKim, Mead & White and one of the defining American architects of his generation) was engaged to remodel some of the interior. St. John the Evangelist Church acquired the Dennis House in 1922 for use as its rectory and for over a century, the house has remained part of the larger St. John's campus where the church bells continue to mark the hours. This significant house features three stories with 4500 square feet of living space, beautiful water views, five-six bedrooms, six bathrooms, two half-bathrooms, six fireplaces, original wide-plank floors, and a private side yard. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to preserve an important Newport property, live within its history, and become the next steward of a house that has stood through nearly three hundred years of change. The property is subject to final zoning approval for a separate lot (taxes, lot numbers, assessment to be determined.)

Highlights

Fireplace

Property details

MLS
Rhode Island Association of REALTORS
MLS #
1423008
Property type
Single Family Residence
Subdivision
The Point
Status
Active
Days on market
N/A
On market date
October 20, 2026
Stories
N/A
Total bathrooms
7
Garage spaces
N/A
Parking spaces
N/A
Lot size
0.1722 acres

Location

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Nearby schools

Within 10 miles. School directory data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), accessed via the Urban Institute Education Data API. Local Score is calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate; where a state rating is shown, it comes from that state's own official school report card.

Elementary
Claiborne Pell Elementary
1.3 mi away · Grades -1-4
Nearest school -- attendance-zone data not available here
5.0
Local Score (student-teacher ratio only (preliminary -- will incorporate state test-score data once available)) -- not an official state rating
Enrollment
744
Student:teacher ratio
10.9:1
District
Newport
Middle
Frank E. Thompson Middle
0.5 mi away · Grades 5-8
Nearest school -- attendance-zone data not available here
5.0
Local Score (student-teacher ratio only (preliminary -- will incorporate state test-score data once available)) -- not an official state rating
Enrollment
565
Student:teacher ratio
9.7:1
District
Newport
High
Newport Area Career Tech Ctr
1.74 mi away · Grades 9-12
Nearest school -- attendance-zone data not available here
Not yet rated
Local Score not yet available for this school
District
Newport

Walkability

Blended score for Newport's center, calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate from two sources: the EPA's National Walkability Index (street network, transit, land-use mix) and Google Places amenity data (what's actually reachable on foot from this point). 60% EPA National Walkability Index + 40% nearby-amenity density (Google Places).

95
Highly walkable
out of 100
EPA National Walkability Index
18.3 / 20 -- Most walkable
Google Places amenity density
100 / 100
Restaurants & cafes20
Grocery stores8
Parks20
Schools7
Transit stops20
Pharmacies5

Market position

How this listing compares to current activity in Newport, from live MLS data.

On the market 0 days -- 75 fewer days than Newport's current average of 75 days.
For reference, the median list price across 824 active listings in Newport right now is $5,000.

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Est. monthly payment
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$698,000 down
$2,792,000 loan
Principal & interest$18,109
Property tax (est.)$2,908
Home insurance (est.)$150

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Information herein deemed reliable but not guaranteed; all measurements, school assignments, HOA fees, taxes, and feature lists are approximate and should be independently verified. Equal Housing Opportunity.