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Was the third mansion of P.T Barnum, was demolished in 1889 for his new mansion, Marina. Samuel Clemens House (Mark Twain) 1874 Victorian Gothic: Edward Tuckerman Potter: Hartford: Today, a museum Marina 1889 Romanesque and Queen Anne: Longstaff and Hurd: Bridgeport: Was the fourth and last mansion of P.T Barnum in Bridgeport, was demolished in ...
Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina, United States.The main residence, Biltmore House (or Biltmore Mansion), is a Châteauesque-style mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895 [2] and is the largest privately owned house in the United States, at 178,926 sq ft (16,622.8 m 2) of floor space and 135,280 sq ft ...
Hayes Mansion - San Jose, a Curio Collection by Hilton: San Jose, California: Mary Hayes Chynoweth [142] JMA Ventures [143] 1905: Mediterranean Revival: George Page: 78 (tie) 41,000 sq ft (3,800 m 2) [144] NYIT de Seversky Mansion: Old Westbury, New York: Alfred I. du Pont [145] New York Institute of Technology [146] 1918: Georgian Revival ...
There is no precise definition of "great house", and the understanding varies among countries. In England, while most villages would have had a manor house since time immemorial, originally home of the lord of the manor and sometimes referred to as "the big house", not all would have anything as lavish as a traditional English country house, one of the traditional markers of an established ...
The mansions blended global features with traditional Tamil architecture to form homes for large joint families. [3] Since World War II, conservation efforts have been ongoing to maintain these homes and draw in tourists from across the globe. [1] However, preserving the mansions has been difficult due to legal challenges and cost barriers. [4]
Talk about buyer’s remorse. Seven years ago, a small Massachusetts town purchased a majestic 1886 mansion for the bargain price of $1.75 million, saving it from demolition — but residents ...
A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word mansio "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb manere "to dwell". The English word manse originally defined a property large enough for the parish priest to maintain himself, but a mansion is usually no longer self-sustaining in this ...
Whitehall is a 75-room, 100,000 square foot (9700 square meter) Gilded Age palace type mansion open to the public in Palm Beach, Florida in the United States.Completed in 1902, it is a major example of neoclassical Beaux Arts architecture designed by Carrère and Hastings for Henry Flagler, a leading captain of industry in the late 19th century, and a leading developer of Florida as a tourist ...