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Rosecliff is a historic mansion built in 1902 for a silver heiress, modeled after the Grand Trianon at Versailles. It hosts tours, exhibitions, lectures and special events, such as the Newport Flower Show and the Wine & Food Festival.
Coordinates: 41°27′55″N 71°18′20″W. Rosecliff is a Gilded Age mansion of Newport, Rhode Island, now open to the public as a historic house museum. The house has also been known as the Hermann Oelrichs House or the J. Edgar Monroe House. [1]
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1,053 reviews. #16 of 115 things to do in Newport. Speciality Museums. Closed now. 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Write a review. About. Commissioned by Nevada silver heiress Theresa Fair Oelrichs in 1899, toward the end of the GIlded Age, architect Stanford White modeled Rosecliff after the Grand Trianon, the garden retreat of French kings at Versailles.
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Rosecliff is a 21 acre \"summer cottage\" with a French-inspired architecture and a 40x80 foot ballroom. It was built in 1902 by a silver heiress and has been featured in movies like The Great Gatsby and True Lies.
Rosecliff was built for Nevada silver heiress Theresa Fair Oelrichs, who used it to host many fabulous Gilded Age entertainments. It is one of the 11 historic house museums open to the public by the Preservation Society of Newport County.
Aug 25, 2023 · The building will reopen to the public on Sept. 1 with a new exhibition on Newport’s connection to China and the Chinese community that thrived in Newport during the Gilded Age. The Preservation Society’s Food and Wine Festival will also be held on the property starting Sept. 22.
