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For a time, it was the most expensive home in the history of the United States. [1] Built for industrialist John Hamilton Gourlie in 1896, it was purchased by the Lauder Greenway Family in 1905 and would stay in that family's hands for a majority of its existence. [2] It is the largest surviving Gilded Age mansion in Connecticut. [3]
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Pages in category "National Trust properties in Devon" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Devon lies on the coast with a great amount of coastline, including the local, Walnut Beach, connecting to Connecticut's Silver Sands State Park. It also has a surprisingly high amount of inland freshwater swamps. The Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area is located in Devon.
Laurel Beach, 1910. Milford has over 14 miles (23 km) of shoreline facing Long Island Sound, the most of any town in Connecticut. [55] A large portion of Milford's shoreline forms the Silver Sands State Park. A newly built 3/4 mile boardwalk was opened in 2011 that connects Silver Sands to Walnut Beach in Devon.
Wembury is a village on the south coast of Devon, England, very close to Plymouth Sound. Wembury is located south of Plymouth. Wembury is also the name of the peninsula in which the village is situated. The village lies in the administrative district of the South Hams within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
West side of the home seen from the south, showing porte-cochere and greenhouse. Built in 1864–68, the home is an early example of the style used by wealthy New York City elites such as the Vanderbilts in building their Gilded Age mansions later in the 19th century, and set a new standard for opulence. [5]
Whiteway was offered for sale in 1973. [19] In 2000 Whiteway was purchased with 281 acres by Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer (1929-2016), who had married as her first husband Gerald Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth (d. 1997), from whom she was divorced in 1976.