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Built in 1750 and on the National Register of Historic Places, the Melville House Inn is located in the heart of Newport's "Historic Hill.”
Melville House History
John Odlin was the original owner of the 39 Clark Street property and in 1780 hosted soldiers of the Rochambeau’s French Army. David Melville acquired the Clarke Street house in the early 1800’s. David was a Newport pewterer and the inventor of the gas streetlight. In 1805, Newport was the first city in America to have a street lit by a gas lamp. A plaque on the corner of Newport’s Pelham and Thames Streets marks the site of the first gas streetlight that shined in front of David Melville’s house. David manufactured the gas for the lamps in the basement of his house, then on Pelham Street. Some time after obtaining the 1810 patent for his gas lamp, David Melville purchased the house on Clarke Street, rolled on logs his Pelham Street house to Clarke Street and attached the house to the back of the former John Odlin house.
Our Clarke Street Neighbors
Clarke Street is still lit by gas streetlights and is one of the quietest streets in Newport. Clarke Street is lined with fascinating old colonial buildings such as the Newport Artillery Company that dates to 1741. The Artillery Company is America's oldest military unit in continuous service under its original charter. Soldiers of this company can often be seen marching on Clarke Street and around town in their colonial uniforms and with their fife and drum escort. Celebrations and holidays give ample excuse for the Artillery Company’s firing of cannon, some of which were manufactured in Paul Revere’s foundry in Massachusetts.
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