This 70-room summer cottage of Cornelius Vanderbilt II was built in 1895. Vanderbilt's great wealth was reflected in the extensive use of imported French and Italian stone, marble and alabaster as well as the mansion's wooden trim, ceiling paintings, mosaics, and gilded plaster. The most spectacular room is the dining room, lavishly decorated with red alabaster, bronze, and gilt.
Roger Williams - no, not the singer
Through word and act Roger Williams fought for the idea that religion must not be subject to regulation by the state; that it should be a matter of individual conscience. Americans take this for granted today, but most people of his time condemned such thoughts as naive and dangerous, believing that religious freedom and civil order could not coexist. Williams extended his defense of the individual conscience to American Indians, respecting their rights and condemning imposed Christianity. As the founder of Rhode Island, he put his beliefs into practice.
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site - Built in 1763, the oldest Jewish house of worship in the nation and the only one to survive from colonial times.
White Horse Tavern - Granted its liquor license in 1673, the White Horse claims to be the nation's oldest continuously operating tavern. At one time, state legislators gathered here before sitting at Colony House.
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