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Completed in 1892, Marble House measures 140,000 square feet and has 50 rooms. The construction alone cost $11 million in 1892, or around $380 million today when adjusted for inflation.. After the ...
Today, offices Bull Mansion: 1876 Romanesque Revival: Calvert Vaux: Worcester: Built for George Bull, later was the Grand Army of Republic Hall, today a restaurant. Kragsyde Mansion, George Nixon Black Jr. House: 1885 Shingle: Peabody & Stearns: Manchester by the sea: Demolished in 1927 more images: Elm Court: 1885: Shingle style: Peabody ...
The Mather Mansion as it is officially known was completed in 1910 by the famous New York-trained preeminent Cleveland architect Charles F. Schweinfurth who built the 45-room Tudor Revival style (which hearkens back to English country gentry) home for the illustrious Cleveland shipping and ore mining magnate Samuel Livingston Mather.
The house was designed by New Orleans architect Henry Howard. [1] [4] Andrews had a legendary rivalry with the owner of Nottoway Plantation, John Randolph. This competition even extended to their mansions, with both massive structures designed by Howard in a mix of the Greek Revival and Italianate styles. [1] North side of the mansion in 1936
Occupied at the time by high-society dropouts "Big Edie" and "Little Edie" Beale—aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis—and their 52 cats, the crumbling mansion came dangerously close ...
The houses were built for joint families to live together as many houses had 70-80 residents at one time. [1] On average, every mansion has more than 50 rooms and three to four courtyards. Most span more than one acre, often covering an entire street. Given the scale, many locals refer to the houses as periya veedus or “big houses''. [5]
From derelict Gilded Age mansions in America to decrepit ruins of dictator largesse around the world, these 10 abandoned mansions are frightfully fascinating.
The Beverly Estate is a property built in 1926 [1] [2] at 1011 North Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills, California. [3]The estate was designed by architect Gordon Kaufmann for banker Milton Getz [4] and was the residence of actress Marion Davies and her partner William Randolph Hearst after his infirmity forced them to leave San Simeon. [5]