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Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, native of Newport who became a conservationist, Progressive politician, women’s rights activist, and First Lady of Pennsylvania; Cynthia Taggart, poet; Charles C. Van Zandt, 34th Governor of Rhode Island [3]
Executive board of Women's League, Newport, Rhode Island. Dickerson was born on October 22, 1830, in Haddam, Connecticut. [1] She grew up in New Haven, Connecticut. [1] [2] Dickerson and her husband, Silas, moved to Newport, Rhode Island, sometime around 1865. [2] She opened a dressmaking shop in the early 1870s.
Hunt was again hired to design the neoclassical style Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island, as William K. Vanderbilt's 39th birthday present and summer "cottage" retreat for Alva. [1] Built from 1888 to 1892, the house was a social landmark that helped spark the transformation of Newport from a relatively relaxed summer colony of wooden houses ...
Marble House, a Gilded Age mansion located at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, was built from 1888 to 1892 as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Beaux Arts style. It was unparalleled in opulence for an American house when it was completed in 1892. [1]
When she turned 18, in 1930, the 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) [10] tall Duke was presented to society as a debutante, at a ball at Rough Point, the family residence in Newport, Rhode Island. [11] She received large bequests from her father's will when she turned 21, 25, and 30; she was sometimes referred to as the "world's richest girl".
Maude Alice Keteltas Wetmore (February 7, 1873 – November 3, 1951) was an American political organizer and historical preservationist, based in Newport, Rhode Island. She and her sister lived in the Wetmore family mansion, Chateau-sur-Mer , now a museum in Newport.
On July 15, 1876, she was born as Margaret Louise Post in Newport, Rhode Island, to William Post (1848–1900) and Rosalie DeWolf Anthony (1844–1929), a descendant of the early settlers of Rhode Island. [1] Her maternal aunt, Louise Vanderbilt (née Anthony; 1844–1926), was married to Frederick Vanderbilt, a grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt ...
The Newport Historical Society is a historical society in Newport, Rhode Island that was chartered in 1854 to collect and ... Old Colony House: 1736-1739: Georgian: