"Best Local History & Culture in Newport"

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The Elms "Historic Mansion"

The Elms was built in 1901 as the "summer cottage" of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Julius Berwind and eventually became known as another summer residence for the burgeoning population of the nouveaux riches at the turn of 20th Century. Modeled after the mid 18th-century château d'Asnieres outside Paris, The Elms showcases the Berwind's collections of by Minarae art and ceramics. Now a historic landmark, you can learn its history and appreciate turn-of-the century gracious living on an informative audio tour, or a more behind the scenes Servant Life tour.

+1 401 847 1000 tickets.newportmansions.org/mansi 367 Bellevue Avenue, Newport RI on.aspx?id=1002

Marble House "Newport Historic Mansion"

You cannot find a better example of The than the on Bellevue Avenue in Newport. It was built as a summer cottage between 1888 and 1892 for Mr. and Mrs. William K. . This stone palace set the tone for social and architectural change in the former wooden house summer colony of Newport. Designed by architect Richard by Matt Howry Morris Hunt, Marble House was an inspiration from the Trianon at Versailles. The cost of the house at that time was said to be $11 million.

+1 401 847 1000 [email protected] 424 Bellevue Avenue, Newport RI

Chepstow "Italianate Villa Mansion"

Chepstow is a black-shuttered Newport mansion designed after an Italian villa. You will find the 19th-century collections of art, paintings, furnishings and documents of the Newport Morris family indicative of Newport mansion owners and the wealth of the times. A spiral self-supported staircase, tiled floors and white stucco brings you back to days of leisure by Kenneth C. Zirkel living in informal elegance of a Newport cottage. The Newport Preservation Society conducts tours of Chepstow with advance reservations.

+1 401 847 1000 x165 tickets.newportmansions. [email protected] 120 Narragansett Avenue, org/mansion.aspx?id=1006 g Newport RI

Chateau-sur-Mer "High Victorian Design Villa"

The Chateau-sur-Mer is the first "palace" of Newport mansions. The lavish affairs held on the grounds marked the beginning of Newport high society until the appearance of the in the 1890s. High Victorian design in furnishings, paintings, wallpaper and decorations in this villa set the backdrop for former balls, picnics, teas and major Newport society by exfordy events. In the 1870s the famed architect remodeled the home in the Second French Empire Style.

+1 401 847 1000 tickets.newportmansions.org/mansi 474 Bellevue Avenue, Newport RI on.aspx?id=1005

Rosecliff "Filming, and Newport's Largest Ballroom"

Rosecliff mansion overlooks Cliff Walk and the Atlantic Ocean. The mansion was commissioned in 1889 by a Nevada silver heiress Theresa Fair Oelrichs and was designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White in the fashion of the Grand Trianon at Versailles. You will find Newport's largest ballroom at Rosecliff, which became a place of lavish by Narith5 Newport parties. It is the location for motion picture filming including the 1994 True Lies and The Great Gatsby.

+1 401 847 1000 www.newportmansions.or [email protected] 548 Bellevue Avenue, g/ g Newport RI

Rough Point "Hidden Gem"

There is good reason for the name "" for this incredible mansion that originally belonged to artist . This was Doris' private retreat, inaccessible by car and surrounded by the rocky shoreline that characterizes the Newport coastline. Admire her extensive collection of fine and decorative art, walk through the rambling rooms and capture by John Phelan the breathtaking views.

+1 401 849 7300 www.newportrestoration.org/visit/r Bellevue Ave and Lakeview Dr, ough_point/ Newport RI

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