Astors' Beechwood Mansion, in Newport, Rhode Island

            This photo was taken around 1986 with a 35mm, printed in my darkroom & then scanned.

One of Newport's oldest summer cottages, Astors' Beechwood was originally built in 1851 for Daniel Parrish. It was destroyed by fire in 1855, and a replica was built two years later. Real estate mogul William Backhouse Astor, Jr., purchased the mansion in 1881. William and his wife, Caroline, better known as "The Mrs. Astor," hired architect Richard Morris Hunt and spent two million dollars renovating Astors' Beechwood into a place worthy of America's finest citizens.

Although Caroline Astor only spent eight weeks a year at Astors' Beechwood, she packed them full of social activities, including her renowned Summer Ball. For 25 years during the Gilded Age, Astors' Mansion was Society's center, and The Mrs. Astor was its Queen. She created "The 400", the first American social register of 213 families and individuals whose lineage could be traced back at least three generations.

Noted for its fine Italianate architecture, today Astors' Beechwood is open for guided living-history tours with actors in period dress. The mansion is also an ideal site for murder mystery theater: Some visitors claim that the grand summer home is haunted, and have reported strange noises, cold spots, and candles blowing out by themselves.

Taken on: May 22, 2007

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