65 Ridge Rd
Newport, RI 02840
(401) 841-8868
Hours of Operation: The Dining Room at Castle Hill Inn Sunday - Thursday 5:45pm – 9:00pm Friday - Saturday 5:45pm – 10:00pm The Lawn at Castle Hill Inn Lunch: Sunday - Saturday 11:30am – 3:00pm Dinner: Weather and Daylight Dependent Terrace Bar: Sunday - Saturday 11:30am – 6:30pm
Castle Hill Lighthouse is located on Narragansett Bay in Newport, Rhode Island at the end of the historic Ocean Drive. It is an active navigation aid for vessels entering the East Passage between Conanicut Island and Aquidneck Island. The lighthouse was completed in 1890 on property formerly belonging to the naturalist, oceanographer, and zoologist Alexander Agassiz of Harvard University. Agassiz sold the land to the United States Government for the lighthouse for $1.00.HistoryHenry Hobson Richardson drew a sketch for a lighthouse at this location which may or may not have been the basis for the actual design. The structure does not include the residence which was featured in Richardson's sketch. The keeper's house was built, and still stands, near Castle Hill Cove, a few hundred feet away.Although the lighthouse is not open to the public, the shoreline and cliff face where the lighthouse sits are accessible by several footpaths from the Castle Hill Inn and the Castle Hill Cove Marina. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as Castle Hill Lighthouse.List of keepers Frank W. Parmele (1890 – 1911) George L. Hoxsie (1911 – at least 1944) Manuel Soares Macedo (at least 1945).
Located on Narragansett Bay we offer the finest in overnight accommodations. We are situated along historic Ocean Drive in beautiful Newport, RI.
OceanCliff Resort occupies the site of the former Bronson Villa. Owned by Arthur Bronson of New York, the Villa was built in 1864 by the architectural firm Peabody & Stearns from Boston who designed the original Breakers and Doris Duke's Rough Point both located on elegant Bellevue Avenue. OceanCliff was used as a summer residence by the Bronsons for several seasons.