Historical Marker
Stephen Hopkins
Historical marker location:
15 Hopkins Street, Providence, Rhode Island
( Marker is at the intersection of Hopkins Street and Benefit Street, on the right when traveling east on Hopkins Street.)
Marker installed: 1908
1707 - 1785. Merchant and Ship Builder.
The historic Newport Mansions, such as The Breakers and Marble House, were built in the late 1800s and early 1900s by wealthy families like the Vanderbilts and Astors as summer homes.