CORONET (Wooden Hull Schooner Yacht) | |
Location | Newport, Rhode Island |
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Coordinates | 41°28′54″N 71°19′0″W / 41.48167°N 71.31667°W |
Built | 1885 |
Built by | C. & R. Poillon |
Architect | William Townsend |
NRHP reference No. | 04000571[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 3, 2004 |
Coronet is a 131' wooden-hull schooner yacht built for oil tycoon Rufus T. Bush in 1885. It is one of the oldest and largest vessels of its type in the world, and one of the last grand sailing yachts of the 19th century extant. After numerous owners and decades of neglect, it underwent an extensive restoration at Newport, Rhode Island's, The International Yacht Restoration School beginning in 2010.