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Redwood Library
50 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840, United States Phone: +1 401-847-0292 www.redwoodlibrary.orgAbout
The Redwood Library and Athenaeum is a private subscription library at 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island. Founded in 1747, it is the oldest community library still occupying its original building in the United States. Designed in the manner of Italian Renaissance Architect Andrea Palladio, in the Georgian- Palladian style, it was the first classical public building built in America. The main facade, facing Bellevue avenue, is based upon a plate in Edward Hoppus' Andrea Palladio's Architecture published in 1735.[4] The oldest section, today called the Harrison Room, still houses the majority of the original books that were purchased as a collection in London.
