Newport Casino, located at 186-202 Bellevue, was commissioned in 1880 by James Gordon Bennett Jr. Legend traces its origin to a bet Bennett made with his guest British Cavalry Officer, Captain Henry Augustus "Sugar" Candy, daring Candy to ride his horse onto the front porch of Newport's most exclusive men's club, The Reading Room. Candy won the bet, and Bennett raised the ire of the Governors of the Reading Room, which prompted him to create his own club. Bennett purchased the the Sidney Brooks estate, Stone Villa, and hired Charles F. McKim to design the Casino. By January of 1880, Nathan Barker was contracted to begin construction. The interior, while generally outlined by McKim, was entrusted to Stanford White, who took inspiration from the openness of the Japanese Pavilion at the 1876 Centennial International Exhibition in Philadelphia. The Newport Casino opened to its first patrons in July of 1881, and the general public got their first view that August. The first half of the 20th century was unkind to the Newport Casino, struggling financially through the depression and was in danger of demolition by the 1950's. Then, drawing from its history as a tennis attraction--the United States Lawn Tennis Association held its first championships (later called the U.S. Open) at the Casino in 1881, an event that would continue through 1914, Jimmy and Candy Van Alen stepped in and established the Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum on the site in 1954. Never actually a public gaming establishment--originally casino meant a small villa built for social pleasures, the Newport Casino has offered a wide away of social diversions to the summer c colony over the years from bowling to concerts, tea parties to theatricals, and horse shows to dancing. The Court Tennis Building burned down in 1945, but was rebuilt in 1980. Today, the building serves as the home not only to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, but the National Tennis Club, offering indoor courts and North America's only professional grass court. National Register #70000083 (1970)
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