The mansion was modeled after the Grand Trianon of Versailles by architect Stanford White, and its central point of focus is its grand ballroom, the largest in Newport. At 40 X 80 ft, this ballroom is flanked by columns and french doors, with views looking out over the ocean. Until the Vanderbilts constructed their lavish mansions, Chateau-sur-Mer was the grandest in Newport, and played host to any number of parties.
Just a decade after the home was finished, William Shepard Wetmore passed away and George Peabody Wetmore became the new owner. This mansion has many interesting features, including its 3-storey great hall with a 45 high ceiling and sweeping balconies.
The original owner was a Florida plantation owner named George Noble Jones, who had architect Richard Upjohn design the home in the Gothic Revival style. In , Kingscote was sold to the King family, who would go on to make some architectural adaptations with the help of Stanford White in the s.
Cotton broker and investor Isaac Bell, Jr. Hunter House is an important historic home in Newport, and nearly years older than the Gilded Age mansions in the city.
It was then that a the building became a formal Georgian mansion with its large central hall. From there it passed through a number of different owners. The house is a fantastic look into the 18th century in Newport. The architect was George Champlin Mason, who was responsible for building numerous mansions in Newport during the Gilded Age. Though the original owner of the property was Edmund Schermerhorn, Chepstow passed to the Morris family in , where it remained until it was donated to The Preservation Society in Instead, it is owned by the Newport Restoration Foundation.
This makes sense since Doris Duke founded the organization and was also the owner of the Rough Point Mansion. Its original gardens were designed by the firm of Frederick Law Olmsted. In , the property was bought by James Buchanan Duke, but when he died 3 years later, his homes and fortune were inherited by his daughter Doris Duke. Many annual seasonal events are held here, including the beloved Newport Flower Show in the spring.
Information: www. It contains every technological marvel of its time, and was one of the first Newport houses to be fully electrified.
The estate includes a acrre park and elaborate sunken garden. Consult mansion website for public hours, which may change seasonally. In , William K. Vanderbilt asked architect Richard Morris Hunt to design for him, "the very best living accommodations that money could buy.
Vanderbilt presented the deed to the house to his wife Alva as a 39th birthday present. The grounds include a colorful Chinese teahouse overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. This room Italian Renaissance-style house, completed in , includes a foot high central Great Hall. It sits on a acre estate overlooking a spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean, where the waves crashing on the rocks below gave the house its name.
This stone mansion is a classic example of High Victorian architecture and furnishings, including wallpaper, ceramics and stenciling, constructed for China Trade merchant William Wetmore. Visitors without a smart device will be given a paper tour script that will be used only by them. Only certified service animals are allowed on the properties.
Strollers are not allowed. Please see Common Questions for more information. Enjoy the sights and sounds of the Newport Mansions. Six remarkable audio tours bring you a new and unique perspective on the lives of the people who lived and worked in the grand mansions of Newport. Based on diaries, letters, records and oral histories, these audio tours offer the personal stories of the men and women who lived in each house and the household staff who cared for them.
These audio tours are geared to visitors under At all of the Newport Mansions, you will find a world of exceptional elegance and inspiration in architecture, art, interior design and landscapes. In his book Portraits of Places, Henry James wrote that some of the mansions "built recently give one some hope of the revival of the architectural art. Among the houses he might have had in mind was Chateau-Sur-Mer, which was built in the s but extensively remodeled in the s under the direction of Richard Morris Hunt, one of the foremost architects of his day.
Hunt took on the remodeling of Astors' Beechwood in the s. An earlier villa, Chepstow, though completed in , might also have passed muster with James. In the s, the firm designed the Isaac Bell House, an interesting visit these days because it's being presented as a work of restoration in progress. For far and away the nuttiest experience, head over to Belcourt Castle, designed by Richard Morris Hunt to resemble a French hunting lodge at thrice or more the scale.
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