Chateau-sur-Mer

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Gilded Age mansion historic house mansion museum tourist attraction

Chateau-sur-Mer is a grand 19th-century Newport mansion renowned as one of the earliest and most significant examples of High Victorian architecture in the United States.

Aliases (1)

Chateau-sur-Mer mansion ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gilded Age mansion → historic house → mansion → museum → tourist attraction →
addedToNRHP	1968 →
architect	Ogden Codman Jr. NERFINISHED → Richard Morris Hunt NERFINISHED → Seth C. Bradford →
architecturalStyle	High Victorian → Italianate → Second Empire →
builtFor	China trade merchant →
city	Newport NERFINISHED →
client	William Shepard Wetmore →
completionDate	1852 →
constructionStart	1851 →
country	United States →
county	Newport County →
governingBody	The Preservation Society of Newport County →
hasCollectionType	decorative arts → period furnishings →
hasFeature	ballroom → carriage house → formal gardens → grand staircase → tower →
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark → U.S. National Register of Historic Places →
locatedIn	Newport, Rhode Island NERFINISHED →
locatedOn	Bellevue Avenue NERFINISHED →
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate	1968 →
notableFor	early example of High Victorian architecture in the United States → elaborate interior woodwork → ornate stone construction → role in the development of Newport as a resort for the wealthy →
NRHPReferenceNumber	68000001 →
numberOfStories	3 →
openToPublic	true →
originalOwner	William Shepard Wetmore →
owner	The Preservation Society of Newport County →
partOf	Newport Historic District →
region	New England →
renovationDate	1870s → 1880s →
roofType	mansard roof →
state	Rhode Island →
use	house museum →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Newport, Rhode Island →	hasLandmark
Chateau-sur-Mer alterations, Newport ("Chateau-sur-Mer mansion") →	hasMainBuilding
Chateau-sur-Mer alterations, Newport →	location
The Preservation Society of Newport County →	operates