“a relic of the Gilded Age”
Rosecliff, built 1898-1902, is one of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, now open to the public as a museum. The house has also been known as the Herman Oelrichs House or the J. Edgar Monroe House. It was built by Theresa Fair Oelrichs, a silver heiress from Nevada, whose father James Graham Fair was one of the four partners in the Comstock Lode. Commissioned by Nevada silver heiress Theresa Fair Oelrichs in 1899, architect Stanford White modeled Rosecliff after the Grand Trianon, the garden retreat of French kings at Versailles. After the house was completed in 1902, at a reported cost of $2.5 million, Mrs. Oelrichs hosted fabulous entertainments here, including a fairy tale dinner and a party featuring famed magician Harry Houdini.
This is a beautiful and elegant estate and well worth the tour.
A Beautiful and Classy Place
My favorite of the Mansions in Newport.. so far at least. Has so much elegance, but not the baroque complexity of some. Colors are lighter, airier. It was designed for entertaining. Don't miss it!
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Rosecliff
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