Beechwood (mansion)

Beechwood (mansion)

Infobox Historic building


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name= Beechwood
location_town= Newport, Rhode Island
location_country= United States
architect= Downing and Vaux (construction)
Richard Morris Hunt (renovations)
client= Daniel Parrish (original owner)
William Jr. & Caroline Astor
engineer=
construction_start_date= 1851
completion_date=
date_demolished=
cost= $2,000,000 (renovations)
structural_system=
style=
size= 16,400 ft² (1,500 m²)|

The Astors' Beechwood Mansion is a Gilded Age estate located on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. Built in 1851 for New York merchant Daniel Parrish by architects Andrew Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux, it later became the summer estate of the renowned Astor family. Currently, the estate is operated as Newport's only living history museum [ [http://www.astorsbeechwood.com/images/newportmansions.gif"Of all of Newport's mansions, Astors' Beechwood is the only living history museum."] ] and features actors portraying the daily lives of those who inhabited, ran and cared for the estate.

External links

* [http://www.astorsbeechwood.com/ The Astors' Beechwood Mansion official site]

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