Hambly Funeral Home

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Occupying a three story, 20 room brick mansion, the Hambly Funeral Home at 30 Red Cross Avenue, Newport, has been providing dignified funeral services there since 1958, when Dwight Hambly and Charles "Andy" Hambly Jr. moved their father's funeral home from Mann Avenue, Newport.

Built in the 1860's, the "Brick House" as it is now known, resounded with the laughter and chatter of Newport's social elite for nearly a hundred years before being transformed from a private "summer cottage" into a funeral home by the Hambly family.

In 1974, Charles and Robert Edenbach purchased the Hambly Funeral Home, while retaining the professional assistance of Charles "Andy" Hambly, until his retirement from funeral service in the late 1970's.

Today, families gather in the "Brick House" and marvel at the beauty and elegance of a bygone time. Loved ones are entrusted to our care in a magnificent mansion with 14 foot high coffered ceilings, a grand staircase opening all three stories to the great hall, off which is found the stunning double parlor with two marble fireplaces, the former dining room complete with 6 foot chandelier overhead, and a formal library boasting casework and shelving from the floor to the ceiling.

Handsome Copper Beech trees, towering nearly 90 feet and planted with the original landscape design punctuate the three acre property, with its sweeping circular drive leading from the granite pillars street side to the front entrance framed by a classic gothic arch.

This funeral home exemplifies the Hambly funeral service motto of "Dignified and In Order".

Photos by Michael Eudenbach