Miramar (mansion)

Miramar
Postcard image of Miramar circa 1915
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General information
TypePrivate residence
Architectural styleFrench neoclassical
LocationAquidneck Island, Newport, Rhode Island, US
Address646 Bellevue Avenue
Coordinates41°27′30″N 71°18′17″W / 41.458285°N 71.304767°W / 41.458285; -71.304767
Construction started1911
Completed1915
InauguratedAugust 20, 1915
ClientGeorge & Eleanor Elkins Widener
Technical details
Floor count3
Floor area30,000 ft² ( 2.787 m²)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Horace Trumbauer
Other designersJacques Gréber (gardens)

Miramar is a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) French neoclassical-style mansion on 7.8 acres (32,000 m2) bordering Bellevue Avenue on Aquidneck Island at Newport, Rhode Island. Overlooking Rhode Island Sound, it was intended as a summer home for the George D. Widener family of Philadelphia.


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