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Jul 18, 2018 · Villa Lewaro isn't usually open to the public, but you can still take a virtual tour of this historic property with narration from Madam C.J. Walker's great-great granddaughter, A'Lelia Bundles. The tour includes four interior rooms, terrace, swimming pool, and front of the home.
Jun 16, 2020 · How Madam CJ Walker Built Villa Lewaro, a Grand Estate in Upstate New York. America's first self-made female millionaire hired Black designers to create both a home for herself and a place for...
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Villa Lewaro, is a 34-room 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m 2) mansion located at Fargo Lane and North Broadway in Irvington, New York, 30 miles north of New York City. It was built from 1916 to 1918, and was designed in the Italianate style by architect Vertner Tandy for A’lelia Walker, for her mother, Madam C.J. Walker.
- Italian Renaissance
- Vertner Tandy
- 1916–1918
- North Broadway, Irvington, New York
Mar 26, 2017 · March 26, 2017 contributed by: Selorm Tamakloe. Villa Lewaro. © Historic New England/David Bohl, Fair use image. Villa Lewaro, built by Madam C.J. Walker in 1918, is a thirty-four-room, 20,000-square-foot mansion located at Fargo Lane and North Broadway in Irvington, New York.
Feb 22, 2018 · This composite image of her Louisiana birthplace and Villa Lewaro appeared on the Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Co.’s 1924 Christmas card to illustrate her journey from “cabin to castle,” as company literature called it.
Jul 13, 2021 · by Stephanie Maida · July 13, 2021. From its very foundation, Villa Lewaro, a sprawling estate located in Irvington, New York, has stood as a monument to Black excellence. The home once...
