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Rockhurst (Rhode Island)
For the university in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, see Rockhurst University.
For the high school in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, see Rockhurst High School.
Rockhurst was built on Bellevue Avenue at Rough Point Newport, Rhode Island in 1891 for Mrs. H. Mortimer Brooks by Peabody & Stearns. The Châteauesque style exterior featured rounded towers with candlesnuffer roofs flanking a central block with an open arcaded gallery along the second story. It was made of farm stone and wood shingles.