Our family loves this cool, old house and think you will too! We are super lucky to have landed here and have been enjoying the best, most wonderful guests since Jun of 2000. Jim and Cindy are wandering around and still greet guests, but the fun is now in the hands of the kids and cousins and adopted family.
This house was originally built in 1883 as a summer home for Francis Jones of New York City. The namesake of this home – Admiral Sims – and his family made it their home when he retired from the Navy in 1925. We offer the per diem rate to government and military travelers in honor of him (plus we’re a military family too!)
Come enjoy the charm, beauty, and history of legendary Newport and let Admiral Sims’ House be your “home away from home” with Bed and Breakfast (B&B) Hotel Rentals.
How lucky for us that Hershey and Peanut came to us in Jul 2020 from a puppy mill in Arkansas. They were breeder dogs in a commercial, profit-producing operation – bred as soon as possible and for as long as possible. Please don’t ever buy a dog – and help spread the word. It will require some effort to research and ensure your breeder is reputable, but we see the horrific result of treating animals like machines.
They were considered equipment, lived their lives in small cages with poor nutrition and no health care or basic hygiene. The puppies are taken too early from their mothers, have in-bred health problems that are never disclosed, and can suffer life-long behavior problems from poor socialization.
Now it’s just Peanut keeping watch over the B&B comings and goings since the Hershey dog left us in Jan 2025. Hershey was quite a character and irreplaceable, but makes us treasure the little Peanut dog all the more.
The humane society https://www.humaneworld.org/en/puppy-mill-research estimates there are 10,000 puppy mills in the US – let’s put them all out of business. We thank Debby from Rosco P. Coal Train Rescue in Mountainview, Arkansas https://www.facebook.com/RoscoPCoalTrainCommunityOutreach for saving our doggies from a .22 in the head.
