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Fun fact - the Gilded Age mansion pictured in the third image is named Belcort - a home designed by the (at the time) premier architect to the wealthy, Richard Morris Hunt. It was completed in the mid 1890's and was designed for an eccentric millionaire who loved his prized horses so much that the entire first floor of the home was literally a stable for horses and carriage storage space. Guests who came for parties or visiting would enter the home through a side door of the house (off a minor side street) into a grand entryway and would have to be escorted up a set of stairs to the second floor, which was where the public and entertaining rooms were (as well as the private rooms of the owner).
ReplyDeleteAnother fun fact - Alva Vanderbilt (yeah, of those Vanderbilts) who was a driving force in society during the Gilded Age had a "summer cottage" next door to Belcort in another of Richard Morris Hunt's most fabulous and extravagant architectural wonders, "Marble House." After her very messy and scandalous divorce from William K. Vanderbilt, she fell in love with and married Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont (the owner of Belcort and whose father the Belmont Stakes horse race was named after). Alva moved into Belcort with Oliver, did extensive renovations (the stables were pretty much wiped out) and then used Marble House next door in her older years as nothing more than a place to store her extensive wardrobe; at a cost of $11 Million to build Marble House (in 1880's money!), that was one, mighty expensive closet! 😁Today, Marble House is valued at over $650 Million and is the centerpiece of Guilded Age mansions in Rhode Island.
RBrysco - Now it's my turn to thank you for the history lesson.
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