Tag: Gilded Age
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The Elms (My Newport Adventures)
The Elms was the first mansion I saw on my first day in Newport, and it was the perfect way to start my trip. The home was built in 1901 for Edward and Herminie Berwind, who made their fortune in the coal industry. It was later occupied by Edward’s sister Julia. The house was designed…
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An Introduction to Newport, Rhode Island
An introduction to Newport, Rhode Island and all the spectacular Gilded Age mansions within. Newport was once a summer destination for American elites.
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My visit to Lyndhurst, an American castle
Lyndhurst is an huge house in Tarrytown, New York. It was home to politician William Paulding, businessman George Merritt, and finally Gilded Age industrialist Jay Gould and his family. Lyndhurst has incredible Gothic Revival architecture, stained glass windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany and John LaFarge, and great furniture.
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Gargoyles and Grotesques of the Turnblad Mansion, Minneapolis
I belong to a wonderful group on Facebook called Mansions of the Gilded Age. Last month, I asked some of my fellow group members whether they knew of any gargoyles on Gilded Age homes. They came back with quite a few great examples, including the Turnblad Mansion in Minneapolis. Commissioned by Swedish-born newspaper publisher Swan Turnblad…
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Gargoyle and Grotesques: Biltmore Estate, North Carolina
An introduction to the grotesques at Biltmore Estate, a huge private home in Ashville, North Carolina, USA.
