Bailey's Beach (officially named as and owned by the Spouting Rock Beach Association ) is a private beach and club in Newport, Rhode Island , United States.
15-517: Lippitt is a surname, and may refer to: Charles W. Lippitt (1846-1924), Governor of Rhode Island Frederick Lippitt (1917-2005), Rhode Island House minority leader Henry Lippitt (1818-1891), Governor of Rhode Island Henry Frederick Lippitt (1856-1933), US Senator from Rhode Island John W. Lippitt (1822–1896), New York politician See also [ edit ] Lippett (surname) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
30-490: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Charles W. Lippitt Charles Warren Lippitt (October 8, 1846 – April 4, 1924) was an American politician and the 44th Governor of Rhode Island . Lippitt was born in Providence, Rhode Island on October 8, 1846. He graduated from Brown University . Later, he was involved in his father's cotton and woolen manufacturing firm. His father, Henry Lippitt ,
45-856: The 42nd Division . He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for leading his men in a counterattack against the Germans. He was wounded in action, sent back to the United States and died at Fort Mott in Cape May, New Jersey on October 6, 1918. Lippitt Park in Providence was dedicated in his memory. Lippitt served as a military aide, with the rank of colonel, to his father during his father's term of office as governor from 1875 to 1877. Lippitt served as Governor of Rhode Island from May 29, 1895 to May 25, 1897. He
60-536: The Newport Casino . Local reporters have criticized Bailey's Beach for its alleged all-white membership, saying it lacked diversity. Newsweek magazine described it as an "elite all-white beach club" in its June 21, 2021, issue. Jack Nolan, the general manager of the beach club, denied the report, telling The Boston Globe two days later that members of the club and their families include people of "many racial, religious, and ethnic backgrounds from around
75-584: The Providence Journal , Bailey's Beach in Newport Rhode Island was: founded in the 1890s after new trolley service gave mill workers from Fall River ready access to Easton's Beach, a wide expanse closer to downtown Newport that the well-to-do had claimed as their own. Not wishing to associate with people who took their lunches in buckets, high society relocated several miles to Spouting Rock, smaller and often seaweedy but safely beyond
90-579: The Vanderbilt family , Astor family , and Sheldon Whitehouse . The 1938 Hurricane destroyed the original clubhouse , and the current clubhouse and cabanas appear relatively modest to passersby. Bailey's Beach was one of the centers of elite Newport social life along with other institutions such as the Redwood Library , Newport Country Club , Trinity Church , Clambake Club , Newport Reading Room , New York Yacht Club summer clubhouse and
105-411: The surname Lippitt . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lippitt&oldid=1077554977 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
120-832: The death of Gorton, in 1978, the family's "seat" in the Society was "inherited" by their cousin Frederick Lippitt , who held the seat until his death in 2005. Governor Charles Warren Lippitt died in Yorktown, New York on April 4, 1924. He was interred in the Swan Point Cemetery in Providence. Lippitt Hall on the central quad of the University of Rhode Island in Kingston is named after Governor Charles W. Lippitt. Bailey%27s Beach According to
135-730: The rank of colonel in the Army Reserve where he served until 1966. He pursued a career in business in New York City. His son, Charles Warren Lippitt III, was a captain in the United States Air Force and died on active duty in 1968. Another son, Alexander Farnum Lippitt (b. 1896), attended Harvard from 1916 to 1917. He enlisted in the Army in August 1917 and served as a 1st Lieutenant in the 166th Infantry Regiment of
150-442: The reach of trolleys. Today, approximately 500 families belong, and for the most part, new members are added only when old ones die. According to The New York Times : Spouting Rock Beach Association, named for a geological formation, and membership in it tends to define summer life here in ways that are sometimes difficult to comprehend, even for insiders. The organization has attracted notable members of nearby families such as
165-637: The same foundation as the castle. The Waves was designed by renowned architect John Russell Pope as his own summer residence and was converted to condominiums in the late 20th Century. Bricks from Lippitt's Castle can still be found in the waters near where the mansion once stood. Lippitt joined the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution in 1896 and served as the Society's president from 1908 to 1909. In 1897 he
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#1732786970257180-588: The world who come to Newport every summer." Questioned about his family's membership, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) defended the club as "a long tradition in Rhode Island". Whitehouse also told the Globe he was not a member of the beach club, but his wife has been a member of the club for decades, and is currently one of the club’s largest shareholders. He stated that the club has "no discriminatory policy," and it has members who are people of color . Despite
195-609: Was admitted as an hereditary member of the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati . His sons, Colonel Charles Warren Lippitt, Jr. (1894-1970) and Gorton Thayer Lippitt, also joined the Sons of the American Revolution. Charles, Jr. became a member of the Society of the Cincinnati after his father's death and served as its President General from 1965 to 1968 and Gorton became a member after Charles' death in 1970. Upon
210-463: Was an unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President in 1896. In 1899 Lippitt built an immense castle style brick mansion, near Bailey's Beach in Newport, Rhode Island , named The Breakwater but commonly referred to as "Lippitt's Castle". After Lippitt's death his son Charles Jr. had the castle torn down and sold the land. It was replaced in 1926 by a mansion named The Waves on
225-567: Was governor of Rhode Island from 1875 to 1877 and his brother Henry F. Lippitt was a United States senator from Rhode Island. He married Margaret B. Farnum on February 23, 1886. His son, Charles Warren Lippitt, Jr. (1894–1970), served as a sergeant in the 103rd Field Artillery Regiment during the First World War. He then attended Harvard College and graduated in the class of 1921. He later served in World War II and rose to
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