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Ocean House is a large, Victorian-style waterfront hotel originally constructed in 1868 on Bluff Avenue in Watch Hill, Rhode Island.The original 1868 hotel closed in 2003; it was demolished in 2005 and a new facility opened in 2010 on the same site which retained much of the original structure's form and appearance, as well as the original name.
High Watch (formerly named Holiday House but locally known as the Harkness House) is an 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m 2) home in Watch Hill, a historic district in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States.
The 11,000-square-foot waterfront mansion sits on Watch Hill, an affluent neighborhood in Westerly, Rhode Island, and reportedly includes seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms and sprawling views of the ...
Miramar is a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m 2) French neoclassical-style mansion on 7.8 acres (32,000 m 2) bordering Bellevue Avenue on Aquidneck Island at Newport, Rhode Island. Overlooking Rhode Island Sound , it was intended as a summer home for the George D. Widener family of Philadelphia .
According to the United States Census Bureau, Beach Haven West had a total area of 2.143 square miles (5.55 km 2), including 1.597 square miles (4.14 km 2) of land and 0.546 square miles (1.41 km 2) of water (25.47%). [5] [16] The name "Beach Haven West" is a misnomer because it actually lies directly due north from the borough of Beach Haven ...
Doris's memorable debutante ball was held at the estate in 1929. Doris Duke continued to spend her summers at Rough Point; but, after the New England Hurricane of 1938 that devastated Rhode Island, and with the advent of World War II, Doris Duke's visits became less frequent. In the early 1950s, Doris Duke took up permanent residence in New ...
The Elms is a large mansion (sometimes facetiously called a "summer cottage") located at 367 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, completed in 1901.The architect Horace Trumbauer (1868–1938) designed it for the coal baron Edward Julius Berwind (1848–1936), taking inspiration from the 18th century Château d'Asnières in Asnières-sur-Seine, France.
The commission was given to McKim, Mead, and White in 1898, and the New York branch of Jules Allard and Sons were engaged as interior decorators. Construction started in 1899, but the sharp winter slowed construction; Mrs. Oelrichs' sister had married William K. Vanderbilt II that winter season, and the house was required for parties in the following Newport season; the eager Mrs. Oelrichs ...