Research Catalog

Title

Newport villas : the revival styles, 1885-1935 / Michael C. Kathrens ; floorplans by Richard C. Marchand.

Author

Kathrens, Michael C.

Publication

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2009], ©2009.

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Details

Description

383 pages : illustrations (some color); 32 cm

Summary

"Newport, Rhode Island, at its peak in the Gilded Age, was a nexus of fashion, opulence, and revelry - "The Queen of Resorts." Here, America's plutocracy commissioned the country's most accomplished architects to boldly display their affluence and sophistication by building summer "cottages" of fabulous magnitude." "In this volume, abundant archival and new photographs and accompanying floor plans show off 35 featured houses, and a selected catalog illustrates 39 additional residences covering the gamut of revival styles from Italian Renaissance and Colonial Revival to French Neoclassic and English Manor. These centered on the brilliant designs of Richard Morris Hunt; Thomas Hastings; John Russell Pope; Horace Trumbauer; Ogden Codman Jr.; Charles Adams Platt; Warren & Wetmore; Delano & Aldrich; Peabody & Stearns; and McKim, Mead & White." "With Newport Villas: The Revival Styles, 1885-1935 in hand, admirers of great residential architecture can tour its famed summer cottages from the comfort of their armchairs and marvel at the life that was lived behind those elegant wrought-iron gates."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Architecture and society > Rhode Island > Newport
• Newport (R.I.) > Buildings, structures, etc
• Architecture, Domestic > Rhode Island > Newport
• Mansions > Rhode Island > Newport

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-373) and index.

Contents

The Villas -- Wakehurst / James J. Van Alen -- Ochre Court / Ogden Goelet -- Rough Point / Frederick W. Vanderbilt and James B. Duke -- Beacon Rock / Edwin D. Morgan III -- Marble House / William K. Vanderbilt -- Belcourt / O. H. P. Belmont -- Harold Brown Villa -- The Breakers / Cornelius Vanderbilt II -- Shamrock Cliff / Gaun M. Hutton -- Crossways / Stuyvesant Fish -- Villa Rosa / E. Rollins Morse -- High Tide / William Starr Miller -- Vernon Court / Mrs. Richard A. Gambrill -- The Elms / Edward J. Berwind -- Rosecliff / Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs -- Hopedene / Mrs. E. H. G. Slater -- Chetwode / William Storrs Wells -- Whiteholme / Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs -- Claradon Court / Edward C. Knight, Jr. -- Armsea Hall / Francis Vinton Greene -- Harbour Court / Mrs. John Nicholas Brown -- Castlewood / Mrs. Emile Bruguiere / Louis Bruguiere -- Sherwood / Pembroke Jones -- Berkeley Villa / Martha Catherine Codman -- Beacon Hill House / Arthur Curtiss James -- Bonniecrest / Stuart Duncan -- Miramar / Mrs. George D. Widener -- Cherry Neck Bungalow / Lucy Wortham James -- Sea View Terrace / Edson Bradley -- Gray Craig / Michael M. van Beuren -- Bois Dore / William Fahnestock -- The Waves / John Russell Pope -- Champ Soleil / Lucy Drexel Dahlgren -- Fairholme / Alphonso Villa -- Terre Mare / Verner Z. Reed, Jr.

ISBN

• 9780393732702 (hardcover)
• 0393732703 (hardcover)

LCCN

• 2008018249
• 99932583270

OCLC

• ocn226911641
• 226911641
• SCSB-5452402

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries