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New York
Architecture Images- Newport Mansions, Brooklyn Beacon Rock |
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architect |
McKim, Mead and White grounds Olmsted |
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location |
145 Harrison Avenue, Newport, RI |
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date |
1889 |
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Neoclassical |
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House |
| An exceptional oceanfront estate of approximately eight acres with two thousand feet of frontage on Breton Cove. Beacon Rock is built into a dramatic rocky bluff off the "Ocean Drive" near Fort Adams State Park, overlooking Newport Harbor and the Newport Bridge. The mansion, fashioned after the Greek Parthenon, has 48 monolithic columns and open porches of solid marble. The residence offers a 40 foot deepwater dock, waterviews from nearly all of its sixteen principal rooms, fourteen fireplaces, hardwood floors, roof terrace and a full attic. This outstanding residence was built by McKim, Mead and White for Edwin D. Morgan, brother of J.P. Morgan, in 1889. In 1951, the property was purchased by Felix De Weldon, a world renowned artist, who is most famous for his stirring bronze sculpture of the U.S. Marine flag raising on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. The landscaped grounds, originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, include a winding drive over a triple arched bridge, tall hedges and stone walls protecting the perimeter of the property, ornamental ironwork gates and an entrance courtyard featuring a boxwood hedge maze. | |
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http://www.newportmansions.org/ |
