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Visiting The Newport Mansions During The Holidays

It’s no secret that I LOVE historic houses. So naturally, I also love historic mansions. Newport, Rhode Island ...
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Photos show the lavish interiors of The Elms, a Rhode Island mansion built for a coal millionaire in the Gilded Age

The Elms in Newport, Rhode Island, was the Berwind family's summer home. Edward Julius Berwind made his fortune as a coal tycoon who powered railroads during the Gilded Age. Modeled after a French ...
Wall Street Journal

I Went Inside One of Newport’s Famous Mansions

NEWPORT, R.I.—I first saw Seaview Terrace from behind. With wind from the ocean at my back, I bypassed the main entrance and instead stepped through an opening in a nondescript chain link fence that ...
The Boston Globe

‘It’s spectacular’: One of Newport’s few historic mansions is on the market for $22 million

NEWPORT, R.I. – One of the few historic, but still privately-owned, Newport mansions has hit the market for $22 million. Known as “Champ Soleil,” the 5-plus acre estate at 601 Bellevue Ave. was built ...
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Billionaire Steve Schwarzman Is Turning One of His Mansions Into a Private Museum

Billionaire Steve Schwarzman is unlocking the ornate, wrought-iron gates to his Neoclassical mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. The Blackstone CEO, who currently ranks as the 30th richest man in the ...