Miramar, Newport, Rhode Island

The George D. Widener Cottage on Bellevue Avenue, designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1913. Please enjoy the following Links to read! To see another house designed by Trumbauer which is in a similar style to Miramar, but no longer exisiting, click on Rose Terrace, the Anna Dodge mansion at Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

Gala House Opening
Garden View
George Dunton Widener
Horace Trumbauer
Luxury Real Estate
Rose Terrace
Sheldon Good & Company
The Widener Family

The Newport Mansions

Follow this link to Ralph Lauren Magazine story about Newport.

Luxurious Newport

Another great article from the past, telling about the splendors of Newport, Rhode Island during the " Gilded Age".

The Mansions and Society of Long Island's Gold Coast from Holiday Magazine 1948

Tags,The Pratt Family of Glen Cove,
Dosoris Park, Frederic Pratt,Poplar Hill,
John Pratt, The Manor, Sherman Pratt,
Charles Pratt, partner of John D. Rockefeller,
Standard Oil, George D. Pratt, The Great Gatsby,
J. P. Morgan, Morgan's Island, Vanderbilt Houses,
Long Island Polo

Farnsworth, The Locust Valley estate of C K G Billings

Entrance Gates to the C. K. G. Billings estate.
While the mansion and caretakers cottage no longer remain, the garage and stable buildings have been converted to private residences. The gates still survive, but lead no where and are heavily overgrown, almost unrecognizable.


The Georgian style main house was designed by architect Guy Lowell in 1915. The Billings family sold it to the Wallis Bird family who lived there until the accidental death of Mr. Bird. Mrs. Bird later spent many years in Europe leaving the house short staffed, to fall into ruin and abandonment. The house was demolished in the 1960's and now the estate is subdivided into smaller lots.

Links to more about Farnsworth and it's owners.
Architectural Forum

Some Locust Valley Mansions