Hoppin, Hamilton, House - Middletown, RI
N 41° 30.380 W 071° 17.848
19T E 308259 N 4597515
The Hamilton Hoppin House, which has also been known as Villalon, Agincourt Inn, Montpelier, Shadow Lawn, and, currently, The Inn at Villalon, is located in Middletown, Rhode Island.
Waymark Code: WM652R
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 04/04/2009
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The following information about the Hamilton Hoppin House is from
The Inn at Villalon website:
An 1856 Newport Mansion designed by Architect Richard Upjohn this historically significant mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its is said to be the first Italianate Stick-Style house in the United States.
"Villalon" was built as a summer residence for Hamilton Hoppin (1821-1885), a wealthy (and somewhat mysterious) New York businessman. According to his niece, Louise: "My recollections of my Uncle Hamilton Hoppin are few and shadowy. He went early to New York and engaged in business. What his business was, I don't remember. Something heavy, like iron, I think!"
One of 12 siblings, Hoppins family could trace their ancestry back to the early settlers. Originally from Northumberland in the north of England, the Hoppins eventually established themselves in Providence, Rhode Island, as merchants "dealing in dyestuffs, drugs and chinaware, importing from the West Indies and China."