Easton's Point

41°29′42.28″N 71°19′10.69″W / 41.4950778°N 71.3196361°W / 41.4950778; -71.3196361

"The Point" from the Goat Island causeway bridge
Battery Park in Newport
Goat Island and Easton's Point with Long Wharf on the right before the marsh was filled in (1777 Newport map)
Gravelly Point off of Long Wharf, was the site of the largest public mass execution in American history, when 26 pirates were executed. They were then buried on Goat Island.

The Point (or less commonly, "Easton's Point") is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Newport, Rhode Island and has one of the highest concentrations of colonial houses in the United States. The neighborhood sits between Washington Street and Farewell Street/America's Cup in Newport looking out on Goat Island, former home to the U.S. Naval Torpedo Station.[1]

  1. ^ Providence Journal, 4/6/09