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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 ...
Image from Newport Historical Society P2691. Because image was taken in 1895, it can be reasonably assumed the image is in public domain. The copyright situation of this work is theoretically uncertain, because in the country of origin copyright lasts 70 years after the death of the author, and the date of the author's death is unknown.
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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.
Rough Point viewed from the Newport Cliff Walk Rough Point music room Rough Point is one of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island , now open to the public as a museum. It is an English Manorial style home designed by architectural firm Peabody & Stearns for Frederick William Vanderbilt . [ 1 ]
Permanent life insurance, such as whole life or universal life, offers lifelong coverage (typically up to a coverage age of 95 to 121) and builds cash value over time, unlike credit life insurance ...
The Ocean Drive Historic District is a historic district that covers the long street of the same name along the southern shore of Newport, Rhode Island, United States.It was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1976, in recognition for its distinctive landscape (in part the work of Frederick Law Olmsted) and architecture, which is less formal and generally not as ostentatious as ...
A 20-foot section of the Cliff Walk collapsed on Thursday, March 3, 2022. Since then, the city has been trying to secure funding to fix the tourist attraction through state and federal grants.