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Gray Craig

USA / Rhode Island / Newport East /
 house, place with historical importance
Between 1924 and 1926, Mary and Michael van Beuren engaged New York architect Harrie T. Lindeburg to design a home for them in Portsmouth. Lindeburg wanted a more dramatic setting and encouraged the van Beurens to purchase Gray Craig instead, and there he constructed a grand English country estate on the old foundation, [Grey Craig, the house of J. Mitchell Clark, Esq.]. The home remained in the van Beuren family for 60 years.

Gray Craig was purchased by actor Nicholas Cage, who sold it almost immediately upon purchasing.

see also - www.vintagedesigns.com/architecture/gothic/castle/gc/
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Coordinates:   41°29'50"N   71°15'39"W

Comments

  • B422
    Great article on the original Gray Craig The House of J. Mitchell Clark, Esq. Newport, Rhode Island by Barr Ferree, 1904 http://www.vintagedesigns.com/architecture/gothic/castle/gc/ "It was knocked down and there is a Gray Craig but it was built around 1924 for the Van Beuren family by the architect Harrie Lindeberg. on the spot where the former Gray Craig once stood."
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