Chateau-sur-Mer
Owner: |
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William Shepard Wetmore, George Peabody Wetmore |
Architect: |
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Seth C. Bradford, renovations by Richard Morris Hunt
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Location: |
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424 Bellevue Avenue
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1851 |
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Work begins on Chateau-sur-Mer |
1853 |
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Completion of Chateau-sur-Mer
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1869-1880 |
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House was remodeled and redesigned by architect Richard Morris Hunt |
1968 |
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Added to the National Register of Historic Places
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1969 |
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Purchased by the Preservation Society |
2006 |
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Designated a National Historic Landmark
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Vinland
Owner: |
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Catherine Lorillard Wolfe |
Architect: |
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Peabody & Stearns
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Location: |
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Ochre Point
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1880 |
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Mansion designed by Peabody & Stearns |
1882 |
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Estate build completed
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1896 |
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Estate was sold to Hamilton McKnown Twombly and his wife Florence Vanderbilt Twombly |
1955 |
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Estate donated to Salve Regina University by Twombly family
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The Breakers
Owner: |
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Cornelius Vanderbilt II |
Architect: |
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Richard Morris Hunt
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Location: |
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44 Ochre Point Avenue |
1885 |
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Cornelius Vanderbilt II bought a wooden house in Newport called "The Breakers" from Pierre Lorillard, designed by architect Peabody & Stearns |
1892 |
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Original wooden structure burned down in a fire
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1893 |
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Vanderbilt commissioned Richard Morris Hunt to design a villa to replace the wooden house that was burned a year earlier, construction begins |
1895 |
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Completion of The Breakers
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1971 |
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Added to the National Register of Historic Places |
1994 |
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Designated a National Historic Landmark
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By-the-Sea
Owner: |
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August Belmont |
Architect: |
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George Champlin Mason
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Location: |
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Bellevue Avenue facing onto Marine Avenue |
1860 |
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Completion of "By-the-Sea" |
1946 |
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Mansion was demolished by Ray Alan Van Clief, then-owner of Rosecliff, to join its lands with those of Rosecliff
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Beechwood
Owner: |
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William Jr. & Caroline Backhouse Astor |
Architect: |
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Calvert Vaux and Andrew Jackson Downing
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Location: |
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Bellevue Avenue |
1851 |
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Construction of Beechwood Mansion began, originally built for owner Daniel Parish |
1853 |
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Completion of Beechwood
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1856 |
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Original house burns and is rebuilt almost identically by the same architects |
1881 |
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Astor family purchases Beechwood
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1888-1890 |
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Renovations by Richard Morris Hunt to add a ball room |
2010 |
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Estate is bought for $10.5 Million dollars by Larry Ellison
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Marble House
Owner: |
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William Kissam Vanderbilt |
Architect: |
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Richard Morris Hunt
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Location: |
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600 Bellevue Avenue |
1888 |
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Construction begins |
1892 |
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Completion of Marble House
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1932 |
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House sold to Frederick H. Prince |
1963 |
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Acquired by the Preservation Society
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1973 |
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Added to the National Register of Historic Places |
2006 |
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Designated a National Historical Landmark
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