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Gilded Age mansions were lavish houses built between 1870 and the early 20th century by some of the richest people in the United States. These estates were raised by the nation's industrial, financial and commercial elite, who amassed great fortunes in era of expansion of the tobacco, railroad, steel, and oil industries coinciding with a lack ...
Louise Evelina du Pont Crowninshield (August 3, 1877 – July 11, 1958) was an American heiress, historic preservationist, and philanthropist. She was the great-granddaughter of Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, founder of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.
This 8-bed Victorian mansion in Old Louisville was built in 1887. It is one of nine homes featured on the 2022 Old Louisville Holiday Home Tour.
One such grand residence is the marble and limestone Patterson Mansion at 15 Dupont Circle. This Italianate mansion, the only survivor of the many mansions that once ringed the circle, was built in 1901 by New York architect Stanford White for Robert Patterson, editor of the Chicago Tribune, and his wife Nellie, heiress to the Chicago Tribune ...
John Eleuthère du Pont (November 22, 1938 – December 9, 2010) was an American multimillionaire philanthropist and convicted murderer. Heir to the du Pont family fortune, [1] he was a published ornithologist, philatelist, conchologist, and sports enthusiast.
Camille Vic-Dupont (born August 1975), known professionally as Camille Walala, is a French multi-disciplinary designer based in East London. [2] She is known for her life-size murals and installations [ 3 ] and her Memphis Group -inspired patterns.
Breakfast at a B&B in Quebec City, Canada The ship Bürgermeister O´Swald II is now a B&B in the port of Cuxhaven. A bed and breakfast (typically shortened to B&B or BnB) is a small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodation and breakfast. In addition, a B&B sometimes has the hosts living in the house.