Back to the Stables

If you haven't seen our post on these abandoned stables yet, check this out.

Today, Calypso and I returned to the Newport abandoned stables (also known as the Bells) with our friend who I will call Cleopatra. This time, I finally got up to the second floor and found it to be delightfully more interesting than the first floor. It was overgrown, mossy, and filled with all kinds of wreckage. It also contained more interesting and well-preserved graffiti. I also would have liked to get to the roof, but was not able to.

I also was able to crawl into the very tight crawlspace underneath the stables, which I've commented on previously. It was mostly filled up, but the tiny area with a little space to breathe was flooded. The whole thing was very small and I only got a couple feet in, but I believe what I crawled into used to be the entrance and stairway down to a cellar, which is now completely sealed up.

You can see a fireplace here.

Some heavy editing on this one.

The extent of the crawlspace, AKA "Wonderland"

Found in the nearby observational tower. This is the third abandoned site at which I've seen one of these guys, and I'm beginning to think there's a conspiracy.

A panorama of Easton's Beach (also known as First Beach) that Cleopatra took later in the day.

Abandoned Stables and Observational Tower

These stables, built in the early 20th century, were part of a famous egyptologist's property in Newport, Rhode Island. The property was seized during World War II, but after it was returned, it quickly fell to disuse, and the original house burnt down not long after, leaving only these stone stables (fenced off) and the nearby observational tower (open to the public).

This is in a beautiful place in Brenton Point State Park and definitely worth the visit.

(Before the photoset, apologies for the overexposure and bad lighting on a lot of these shots. It was bright and I wasn't as experienced at the time.)

Update: Check out this much better photoset for this location here

The stables from the tower.

A nearby wall.

See the little bumpy section in the bottom left sticking up? That was an original base for the walls of a room there, and there were a few more around the place. It looks like it was hollowed out and all the individual walls taken down.

The stables themselves.

This hole lead to a crawl space that is now almost completely filled up. If you were really, really skinny you could still get in via an entrance outside.

The observational tower among the trees.

The staircase leading up to the tower.

A small and relatively boring room at the base of the tower.