Land's End (Newport, Rhode Island)
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house, place with historical importance, cottage
Summer 'cottage' of Edith Wharton, author. Purchased in 1893 or 1897? from Robert Livingston Beeckman, politician and banker (April 15, 1866 – January 21, 1935) (52nd Governor of RI from 1915-1921), for $80,000. Wharton and Ogden Codman, Jr. redesigned the house and grounds and it became the basis for the book 'The Decoration of Houses' published in 1897.
(see also 'Pen Craig Cottage')
www.redwoodlibrary.org/notables/wharton.htm
www.washingtonlife.com/backissues/archives/02sept/newpo...
public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/wharton/wchron.htm
(see also 'Pen Craig Cottage')
www.redwoodlibrary.org/notables/wharton.htm
www.washingtonlife.com/backissues/archives/02sept/newpo...
public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/wharton/wchron.htm
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°27'9"N 71°18'33"W
- The Waves 0.3 km
- Finisterre (bef. 1876)/Rockhurst (1884)/Aspen Hall 0.4 km
- The Rocks - Henry Clews estate 0.9 km
- The Ledges - Cushing Family Compound 1 km
- High Tide 1.1 km
- Seafield 1.2 km
- Crossways (1896-98) 1.3 km
- The Belmont Estate, By-The-Sea 1.6 km
- Hawthorne Villa - Newport Green 2.1 km
- Sulthorne 2.4 km
- Bailey's Beach - Spouting Rock Beach Association 0.5 km
- Almy Pond 1 km
- Lily Pond 1.5 km
- Ballard Park (1990) 2 km
- The Breakers 2.1 km
- Chateau-sur-Mer (1851–1852) 2.1 km
- Rogers High School 2.1 km
- Salve Regina University 2.5 km
- Halidon Hall - Isaac Hartshorn House / Estate (ca. 1854) 2.6 km
- Newport County, Rhode Island 13 km