Contact Us
Hawthorne House of Newport
& Gooseberry House of Newport
71 Ruggles Avenue
Newport, Rhode Island 02840
Owners: Native Newporters, Terri & Mike Fitch
E-Mail: info@hawthornehousebb.com or tfitch@cox.net
Cell Phone: 401-862-1200 (text or voicemail)
Directions
FROM NEW YORK: I-95 North to Rhode Island Exit #3. Route 138 East to Route 1 North. Two miles on 1N back to 138E (to exit for Newport (Pell) Bridge). Follow 138E over Jamestown (Verrazano) Bridge (no toll) and over Newport (Pell) Bridge ($4.00 toll). Take exit for Newport. Follow signs to America's Cup Avenue.
FROM BOSTON: I-495 South to 95 South to 195 East. 195E over Braga Bridge (no toll). Take exit for 24 South. 24S over Sakonnet River Bridge. Continue on 114 South into Newport, onto Broadway and then to Thames Street and America’s Cup Avenue and back to Thames Street.
OR: I-95 South to Route 24 South (short stretch on 195 West back onto 24S for Newport exit. 24S over Sakonnet River Bridge. Continue on 114 South into Newport, onto Broadway and then to Thames Street and America’s Cup Avenue and back to Thames Street.
ONCE IN NEWPORT: America's Cup Avenue to Thames Street. Take Thames Street south to Carroll Avenue. Bear left at St. Augustin's Church. Stay on Carroll Avenue past the park. Turn right at stop sign (tennis courts on right) onto Ruggles Avenue. Hawthorne House is #71 Ruggles and is set back from street . . . there is a very large boulder in the front garden and “71” painted on a rock at the foot of the driveway.