Beach Bound - Beechbound (1895) (Newport, Rhode Island) | place with historical importance, condos, interesting place, mock castle

USA / Rhode Island / Newport / Newport, Rhode Island / Harrison Avenue, 127
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Beech Bound was built in 1895 for iron magnate William Fletcher Burden (ca. 1859-1897) and his wife, Daisy (nee McCoy), by architectural firm Peabody & Stearns; the landscape, which is integral to the estate, was designed by the firm Olmstead, Olmstead & Eliot.

Mrs. Burden (m. 1901 to Dr. Andrew S. Clarke) kept the Scottish Baronial-style home overlooking Newport Harbor until her death. In the 1920s, 'Beech Bound' was purchased as a summer home by Henry Baldwin Hyde Ripley (1889-1959) and his wife, Lesley Fredericka (nee Pearson) (1897-1953). The mansion (now styled 'Beechbound') was split into condominiums in the 1970s.

Robert Yarnall Richie aerial photo ca. 1932-1934 - digitalcollections.smu.edu/u?/ryr,401
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Coordinates:   41°28'14"N   71°19'54"W
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