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As heir to the family fortune, he built a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot mansion on the shores of Newport, Rhode Island, as a summer escape for his wife, Alice Vanderbilt, and their seven children.
The Bellevue Avenue Historic District is located along and around Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, United States.Its property is almost exclusively residential, including many of the Gilded Age mansions built as summer retreats around the turn of the 20th century by the extremely wealthy, including the Vanderbilt and Astor families.
This new structure became a 70-room mansion with a gross area of 125,339 square feet (11,644.4 m 2) and 62,482 square feet (5,804.8 m 2) of living area on five floors that is today owned and operated by the Preservation Society of Newport County.
Newport, Rhode Island is a charming New England city characterized by rich history, quaint shops and restaurants and yacht-filled harbors. Amongst museums, bars and plenty of historical landmarks ...
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 York City and emptied Rough Point of all its furnishings. [6]
The tours became even more popular during COVID, and the return to comparative normalcy has translated into an increase in tour interest. Newport Historical Society tours are expanding to meet demand.
Kingscote is a Gothic Revival mansion and house museum at Bowery Street and Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, designed by Richard Upjohn and built in 1839. As one of the first summer "cottages" constructed in Newport, it is now a National Historic Landmark. It was remodeled and extended by George Champlin Mason and later by Stanford White.
Chateau-sur-Mer in Newport, Rhode Island, was home to three generations of the Wetmore family. Its wealthy residents once hosted debutante balls and a 2,000-person picnic.