Elms

367 Bellevue Avenue NewportRI02840
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The Elms is located at 367 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI..
by merchantcircle on April 18, 2015 from merchantcircle

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Architect Horace Trumbauer modeled this graceful 48-room French neoclassical mansion and its grounds after the Château d'Asnières near Paris. The Elms was built for Edward Julius Berwind, a bituminous-coal baron, in 1901 and was one of the first in Newport to be fully electrified. At the foot of the 10-acre estate is a spectacular sunken garden. The Behind the Scenes tours, which offer a...
by fodors on April 09, 2015 from fodors
Architect Horace Trumbauer is said to have been inspired by the Château d'Asnières outside Paris, and a first look at the ornate dining room of The Elms, suitable for at least a marquis, buttresses that claim. So do the sunken gardens, laid out and maintained in the formal French manner. The owner was a first-generation millionaire, a coal tycoon named Edward J. Berwind. His cottage was...
by frommers on September 10, 2011 from frommers