Rough Point (Newport, Rhode Island)
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World / United States / Rhode Island
museum, place with historical importance, estate (manor / mansion land)
An English Manorial style home designed by architectural firm Peabody & Stearns for Frederick William Vanderbilt. Construction on the red sandstone and granite began in 1887 and was completed in 1892. The gardens were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted’s firm. Former home of tobacco heiress Doris Duke. Now a museum.
more - 'Rough Point and it's neighbors' - www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=48591
more - 'Rough Point and it's neighbors' - www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=48591
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_Point
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Coordinates: 41°27'18"N 71°18'19"W
- Edaville Railroad 63 km
- Harkness Memorial State Park 70 km
- Elm Bank Horticulture Center 92 km
- Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 96 km
- Sylvester Manor Educational Farm 96 km
- Old Sturbridge Village 99 km
- Connecticut Trolley Museum 120 km
- Brooksby Farm 125 km
- Shore Line Trolley Museum 132 km
- Smolak Farm 139 km
- Bailey's Beach - Spouting Rock Beach Association 0.7 km
- Almy Pond 0.9 km
- The Ledges - Cushing Family Compound 1 km
- Seafield 1.1 km
- Lily Pond 1.6 km
- Chateau-sur-Mer (1851–1852) 1.8 km
- Rogers High School 2 km
- Ballard Park (1990) 2.1 km
- Salve Regina University 2.1 km
- Newport County, Rhode Island 13 km
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