The President's House (also known as Quarters AA) is the home of the

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. The house is a wooden, three-story building in

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located on a hill on Coaster's Harbor Island, overlooking Coaster's Harbor, Dewey Field, and

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. The house was built in 1896 by local Newport, Rhode Island, architect and builder Creighton Withers at the cost of $16,226. Built originally as "Quarters B" for the

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of the Naval Training Station, Newport, the first president of the

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to occupy it was

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, in June 1903. Every Naval War College president except for

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(1903–1906) has lived in the house since that time. Among the most famous residents of the house have been

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, Raymond A. Spruance,

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, and

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. It was listed on the

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in 1989.

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* Rear Adm.

June 1903 - Nov 16, 1903 * Rear Adm.

John Porter Merrell Rear Admiral John Porter Merrell (7 September 1846 – 8 December 1916) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the Spanish–American War and as the 11th President of the Naval War College. Naval career Merrell was born in Auburn, ...

May 24, 1906 - Oct 06, 1909 * Rear Adm.

Raymond Perry Rodgers Rear Admiral Raymond Perry Rodgers (December 20, 1849 – December 28, 1925) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served as the second head of the Office of Naval Intelligence and as the 12th President of the Naval War College and fought ...

Oct 6, 1909 - Nov 20, 1911 * Rear Adm.

Austin Melvin Knight Austin Melvin Knight (December 16, 1854 – February 26, 1927) was an Admiral (United States), admiral in the United States Navy. He was commander in chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet, U.S. Asiatic Fleet from 1917 to 1918. His 1901 textbook ...

Dec 15, 1913 - Feb 16, 1917 * Captain

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Feb 16, 1917 - Apr 28, 1917 From April 28, 1917, to April 11, 1919, the academic activities of the Naval War College were discontinued due to United States participation in

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. During this period, the reserve force of the Second Naval District used the college buildings and a series of three acting presidents maintained the administrative side of the college. * Rear Adm.

Apr 11, 1919 - Oct 14, 1922 * Rear Adm. Clarence Stewart Williams Nov 3, 1922 - Sept 5, 1925 * Rear Adm. William Veazie Pratt Sept 5, 1925 - Sept 17, 1927 * Rear Adm. Joel Roberts Poinsett Pringle Sept 19. 1927 - May 30, 1930 * Rear Adm.

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June 16, 1930 - May 13, 1933 * Rear Adm.

Luke McNamee Luke McNamee (April 4, 1871 – December 30, 1952) was a United States Navy Admiral, businessman, and the 10th and 12th Naval Governor of Guam. He served in the navy for 42 years, during which time he held multiple commands. During the Spanish– ...

Jun 3, 1933 - May 29, 1934 * Rear Adm. Edward Clifford Kalbfus June 18, 1934 - Dec 15, 1936 * Rear Adm. Charles Philip Snyder Jan 2, 1937 - May 27, 1939 * Rear Adm. Edward Clifford Kalbfus June 30, 1939 - June 16, 1942 * Admiral Edward Clifford Kalbfus (Ret.) June 16, 1942 - November 2, 1942 * Rear Adm. William Satterlee Pye Nov 2, 1942 - July 1, 1944 * Vice Adm. William Satterlee Pye (Ret.) July 1, 1944 - Mar 1, 1946 * Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance Mar 1, 1946 - July 1, 1948 * Vice Adm. Donald Bradford Beary Nov 1, 1948 - May 28, 1950 * Vice Adm. Richard L. Conolly Dec 1, 1950 - Nov 2, 1953 * Vice Adm. Lynde D. McCormick May 3, 1954 - Aug 16, 1956 * Rear Adm.

Thomas H. Robbins, Jr. Thomas Hinckley Robbins Jr. (11 May 1900 – 12 December 1972) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy. A naval aviator, his career included command of an aircraft carrier during World War II, service as a key advisor to the United States Se ...

Sept 5, 1956 - Aug 1, 1957 * Vice Adm. Stuart H. Ingersoll Aug 13, 1957 - June 30, 1960 * Vice Adm. Bernard L. Austin June 30, 1960 - July 31, 1964 * Vice Adm.

Charles L. Melson Charles Leroy Melson (25 May 1904 – 14 September 1981) was a vice admiral of the United States Navy. His career included service in World War II, the Korean War, and the Cold War, command of the United States First Fleet and of the United Stat ...

July 31, 1964 - Jan 25, 1966 * Vice Adm. John T. Hayward Feb 15, 1966 - Aug 30, 1968 * Vice Adm. Richard G. Colbert Aug 30, 1968 - Aug 17, 1971 * Vice Adm. Benedict J. Semmes, Jr. Aug 17, 1971 - Jun 30, 1972 * Vice Adm.

June 30, 1972 - August 9, 1974 * Vice Adm. Julien J. LeBourgeois Aug 9, 1974 - April 1, 1977 * Rear Adm. Huntington Hardesty April 1, 1977 - Oct 13, 1977 * Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale Oct 13, 1977 - Aug 22, 1979 * Rear Adm. Edward F. Welch, Jr. Aug 22, 1979 - Aug 17, 1982 * Rear Adm. James E. Service Oct 14, 1982 - Jul 12, 1985 * Rear Adm. Ronald F. Marryott August 8, 1985 - Aug 12, 1986 * Rear Adm. John A. Baldwin Sept 2, 1986 - Aug 11, 1987 * Rear Adm. Ronald J. Kurth August 11, 1987 - July 17, 1990 * Rear Adm. Joseph C. Strasser July 17, 1990 - June 29, 1995 * Rear Adm. James R. Stark June 29, 1995 - July 24, 1998 * Vice Adm. Arthur K. Cebrowski July 24, 1998 - Aug 22, 2001 * Rear Adm. Rodney P. Rempt Aug 22, 2001 - July 9, 2003 * Rear Adm. Ronald A. Route July 9, 2003 - August 12, 2004 * Rear Adm. Jacob Shuford October 2004 - Nov 6, 2008After change of command in November 2008, Rear Admiral Shuford occupied the house until 13 January 2009, when renovations were scheduled to begin. The President’s House remained under renovation for the rest of 2009 and in the first half of 2010, during which period Rear Admiral James P. Wisecup and his family occupied Quarters A, the

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quarters next door. * Rear Adm. James P. Wisecup July 6, 2010 - March 30, 2011 * Rear Adm.

John N. Christenson John Nels Christenson (born 1958) is a retired Vice Admiral (United States), vice admiral in the United States Navy who last served as the United States Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee, in Brussels, Belgium. He was the 53rd ...

March 30, 2011 - July 14, 2013 * Rear Adm.

Walter E. Carter Jr. Walter Edward "Ted" Carter Jr. (born 4 November 1959) is an American academic administrator and retired United States Navy Vice admiral (United States), vice admiral. He has been serving as the 17th and current president of Ohio State University ...

July 15, 2013 - ca. July 2014 * Rear Adm. P. Gardner Howe, III ca. July 2014 - ca. July 2016 * Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley ca. July 2016 - ca. June 2019 * Rear Adm. Shoshana S. Chatfield ca. August 2019 -

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* John B. Hattendorf, et al., ''Sailors and Scholars: The Centennial History of the U.S. Naval War College''. Newport: Naval War College Press, 1984 {{Naval War College, state=autocollapse Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island Houses in Newport, Rhode Island Naval War College National Register of Historic Places in Newport, Rhode Island Houses completed in 1896 1896 establishments in Rhode Island Colonial Revival architecture in Rhode Island University president residences

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