Miramar | |
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![]() Postcard image of Miramar circa 1915 | |
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General information | |
Type | Private residence |
Architectural style | French neoclassical |
Location | Aquidneck Island, Newport, Rhode Island, US |
Address | 646 Bellevue Avenue |
Coordinates | 41°27′30″N 71°18′17″W / 41.458285°N 71.304767°W |
Construction started | 1911 |
Completed | 1915 |
Inaugurated | August 20, 1915 |
Client | George & Eleanor Elkins Widener |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 3 |
Floor area | 30,000 ft² ( 2.787 m²) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Horace Trumbauer |
Other designers | Jacques 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.