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Wrentham House, Estate of the Day

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Another beautiful Newport, Rhode Island house has hit the market. Wrentham House was recognized in 2008 with the Rhode Island historic preservation and heritage commission award. The granite and brownstone oceanfront estate,which was originally known as Indian Spring, was the first collaboration between Richard Morris Hunt, legendary founder of the American institute of Architects, and esteemed landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted. The 14,400-square-foot mansion was created in 1891 for yachtsman and defender of the America's Cup J.R. Busk. The twenty-two room masterpiece on five acres was recently restored and is located on Ocean Avenue with prime water views.

The home's has beautiful woodwork with impressive carved details. There are eight bedrooms total along with staff quarters. The 1,800-square-foot master suite has his and hers marble baths with an adjoining study with mahogany built-ins and a wet bar. The huge living room has a cathedral ceiling and an orchestra balcony. Three sets of French doors open onto an 80-foot ocean front porch. The mahogany-paneled library and the elegant dining room feature ornamental plaster ceilings and attractive fireplaces. The home also has a multilevel home theater, a billiard room, a wine cellar, a pair of family rooms and a modern gourmet kitchen with a butler's pantry. Modern systems include security, intercom, and central vacuum. This home is listed at $12.75 million.

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The Residences At Brown & Howard Wharf

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The high-end condo market seems to be thriving in Newport, Rhode Island. The new complex, the Residences at Brown & Howard Wharf in Newport went on the market last month and six of the 16 units have been sold or are under contract which is pretty impressive in today's worrisome real estate market. The condos are pretty expensive by Rhode Island standards ranging up to $3.6 million. The 16 harborside homes have perfect views of Newport Harbor and dockage for yachts up to 250 feet in length.

Condo units range from 2,300 to 3,200 square feet and have open-plan interiors with numerous balconies. Owners can work with the on-site interior design coordinator to select finishes and style elements. Living rooms will have a gas fireplace, kitchens and laundry rooms feature an appliance package, with a Sub-Zero refrigerator, Wolf gas cook-top, ventilation hood, microwave and oven. Asko 4-cycle dishwashers and Bosch washers and dryers are also included in the unit.

[via Providence Journal]

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Beacon Rock, Estate of the Day

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This Newport, Rhode Island home is a beauty with a long history. The home was built in 1881 for Edwin Dennison Morgan III, of the J.P. Morgan family and became a studio for sculptor Felix de Weldon, who created the statue of The Flag Raising on Iwo Jima. The home sits on three acres of rolling lawns and boasts beautiful harbor views. The home is an 11,000 square foot residence which has luxurious details such as gold brick domed ceilings and hand painted Gracie murals. The home is completely modern but the exposed brick and hewn beams show the original home's bones. The home has a lavish master suite and four additional en suite bedrooms. The property also includes a fitness cottage, landscaped grounds and a small pool. It is listed at $9.9 million.

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Hopedene, Estate of the Day

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Another grand old home in Newport, Rhode Island has hit the market. Braden Keil's Gimme Shelter column in the NY Post alerted me to the fact that Hopedene, a grand home on Newport's famous Cliff Walk is for sale. Hopedene was built in 1889 and is called Peabody and Stearns's most monumental Colonial Revival residence. The home is on six acres and is approached via a private lane to gilt and wrought iron gates, The property includes a main house, a large carriage house with guest quarters, an ocean facing pool and spa, tennis court, gated service entrance, and an FAA approved heliport.

The home itself has gorgeous details including a marble vestibule with a mosaic floor and Italian Renaissance style center hall and a beautiful wood-paneled library. The semi circular ballroom is currently used as a dining room. The home includes remnants of a grander age such as a butler hall, parlor, and cooks and butler's pantries, kitchen library and a flower room. The upper floors are given over to bathrooms and bedrooms, many of which with marble fireplaces. The carriage house includes a game room with a bar, a full bath, a nautical library and French doors opening to bluestone terraces and the pool, and a heated garage. On the second level there are five bedrooms a full kitchen and laundry and bathrooms.

The NY Post reports that the owners are Palm Beach socialites Craig Millard (the retired chairman of Prudential Preferred Properties) and his wife, Michele. This home is listed at $22.5 million.

UPDATE: This home is now listed at $19.5 million.

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Oakwood, Estate of the Day

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Another prime Newport, Rhode Island estate has gone on the market. Like Beechwood, another Newport estate we have covered as an estate of the day, Oakwood has a connection to the Astor family. It was the 19th-century summer residence of Mary Alida Astor Carey, the daughter of William Backhouse Astor, a son of John Jacob Astor. The home was built in the late 1860s and was one of the first summer retreats for the rich in the area. It was added to in the 1870s with a three-story tower, music room, ballroom and kitchen wing all added.

The Boston Globe reports that the current owner is J. Brian O'Neill, a Pennsylvania-based real estate developer who bought the property in 2004. He has shepherded it through a redesign that included expanding the master suite and adding a luxury bathroom above the enclosed rear terrace that overlooks the pool. The home has maintained some of its grandeur, the most beautiful room in the house is the dining room that has walls lined with 56 hand-painted Chinese panels, but has also been updated for today's less formal society with a family room and a home theater. Key details in the seven-bedroom home include parquet floors, a Baccarat chandelier in the music room, carved mantels and beautiful woodwork. The nearly six-acre property includes a six-hole putting green, a lawn tennis court, a reflecting pool stocked with koi, a rose garden, and ancient oak and split-leaf beech trees. It is listed at $10.75 million.

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Meeresblick, Estate of the Day

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Today's home is another of Rhode Island's famous summer cottages. The J.B. Lippincott House in Jamestown, Rhode Island was originally known as Meeresblick and was built in1892-93 for J.B. Lippincott, son of the founder and later president of the J.B. Lippincott Co. publishing firm. After Lippincott's death in 1940 the house went to his daughter and her descendants still own the home. The shingled home sits on a waterfront parcel on Mackerel Cove and has charming fieldstone details. Inside the allure comes from the original woodwork, and beautiful glass windows and brick fireplaces. Unfortunately we don't get any of the all-important kitchen and bathroom shots with this listing so some updates may be necessary. it is listed at $4.9 million.

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Chateau Ste. Michelle, Estate of the Day

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This home in the seaside village of Watch Hill, Rhode Island seems to have been pressed into service as some sort of hotel or corporate retreat. The Chateau Ste. Michelle Estate is on a 4.82 acre parcel of land. The home was built in 1930 and then renovated in 1992. It has 14 bedrooms total with 15 full baths and another five half baths and there is an industrial kitchen big enough to feed all those people. The home also includes a pool table room, bar room and conference room. Outside there are tennis courts and an in-ground pool as well as amazing views of the Atlantic. It looks like it would take a bit of effort to turn this back into a family home. This estate is listed at $10.9 million.

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Historic Hill, Estate of the Day

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Like yesterday's estate, today's home, clear on the other coast of the U.S. comes with a long history. This home in the Historic Hill area of Newport, Rhode Island was built around 1860 and was the home of William Swinburne, a mayor of the city. The home has been recently renovated. The home includes a dining room, formal living room, a newer kitchen done up in stainless appliances and granite counters. The first floor also includes a den and a breakfast room that opens to a porch which overlooks the pool. The bedrooms are on the second and third floors and include a master suite with a fireplaces, sitting room and marble bathroom. The home also comes with a new carriage house that offers two garage spots and guest quarters. Zillow lists this one as having been bought in 2005 for $2,900,000 and their zestimate has it at over $3 million. This one certainly seems like a decent deal at $2,995,000.

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Hunter's Run, Estate of the Day

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A stone house just seems to blend in so well on a property that has a grove of tall trees. Hunter's Run is on 3.62 acres in the fantastically picturesque area of Watch Hill, Rhode Island. This home was built to be tucked into the expanse of trees offering privacy and shade. The gabled home has a slate roof and the stone used in construction was quarried Rhode Island granite purchased from a mill site in the northern part of the state. The home is a newer build but has some old-fashioned details such as leaded glass and bronze casement windows, stained glass doors and several type of hardwood flooring. There are five bedrooms including a master suite with a marble fireplace. The home also a 60 foot deck across the front of the home which leads to a screened porch with an outside entrance. The grounds also include a carriage house and a gunite pool and spa. The home is listed at $4.35 million. After the jump, colored walls and bright white ceilings.

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Seaweed, Estate of the Day

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Last time I dragged everyone to Newport, Rhode Island for an estate of the day it was a modern home that didn't sit well with most commenters. Let me make it up to you with a classic Newport home which recently went on the market. Seaweed was built in 1905 and was designed by Horace Trumbauer, a Philadelphia architect also known for designing The Elms, one of Newport's classic homes. The 20-room house has all the amazing details you would expect, columns, crown moldings, carved mantels and elegant wainscoting. The solarium is particularly amazing, a curved room with a bank of windows facing the sea.

The home was built for the Gilded Age lifestyle, the main kitchen is in the basement with a dumbwaiter connecting to the first floor. There is a smaller kitchen in the butler's pantry on the first floor. Also the home has 14 bedrooms, six of which are on the third floor and were originally used for servants. The home has a wide lawn and a two-bedroom guest cottage. It is listed at $11.5 million. After the jump, unfortunately there are only a couple of pictures available of this amazing home.

[via Boston Business Journal]

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Newport Modern, Estate of the Day

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Today's home is an interesting study, a modern home that seems to be currently owned by people not entirely in tune with the modern design scheme. The Newport, RI home was built in 1991 in the International Style of Le Corbusier and has views of the ocean and Narragansett Bay from the rooftop deck. The lower floors offer large entertaining area and private bedroom suites. The top floor includes a second kitchen and seating area. The space is very interesting but the current owners have decorated it with a pastiche of styles, part beach house, part traditional New England and, here and there, a nod to the house's structure with pieces like a Le Corbusier chair (albeit paired with a worn Oriental rug). . It is listed at $2.1 million. After the jump, a dining table that would look wonderful in a classic house but looks out of place here.

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Beechwood Manor, Estate of the Day

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Today's estate is more than just an estate, it's a business that gives a peek into what life in Newport during the Gilded Age was like. Beechwood was home to the legendary Astor family. It was build in 1851 by architect Calvert Vaux and landscape designer Andrew Jackson Downing for New York dry-goods merchant Daniel Parish. The Astors hired Richard Morris Hunt, who added the ultimate Gilded Age accessory, a ballroom with mirrored walls, gilt ornamentation and crystal chandeliers. The home is approximately 19,000 square feet with 15 bedrooms. The home currently hosts weddings and Victorian tours and events but could easily be home to one family again, hopefully one that would keep the home from being a relic and yet preserve it's charm. It is listed at $16 million. After the jump, own the legend, be a legend.

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Newport Cottage, Estate of the Day

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Owning a Newport estate on Annandale Road is out of the reach of most people but the lure of this storied region persists. That must be the reason for the price of this brick cottage which is set within the walls of a major Newport estate. The three-bedroom brick cottage has a slate roof and copper detailing. It is set on a one acre lot with an adjoining two acre parcel included. Inside it is charming, with hardwood and slate floors and a greenhouse. The home is listed at $4.395 million which is amazing considering that it is only 2350 square feet, in need of kitchen and bath updates, and has a rather awkward floor plan. After the jump, proximity is everythin.

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Barrington, Rhode Island, Estate of the Day

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Today's estate sits on a peninsula in Barrington, Rhode Island. It has views overlooking Smith Cove and Narragansett Bay. The home has the look of a classic New England house but was built just a few years ago. The 8,100 square foot home has six bedrooms and first floor details include a large entry hall, a well-appointed kitchen with granite countertops and high-end appliances, a butler's pantry, gas fireplaces, and and mahogany decks. The turreted staircase leads upstairs to the six bedrooms including the 1,150 square foot master suite that includes a sitting room, walk-in closet with an island and a marble bath. The media room is on the third floor which is also home to a covered deck. The three acres of grounds include 140 feet of water frontage, a gunite pool, a six-person hot tub, a mooring, irrigation system and a root cellar. It is listed at $5.395 million. After the jump, an excellent use of a wide variety of paint colors.

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One Ten Westminster To Dominate Providence Skyline

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Providence, Rhode Island becomes the latest place to get a crop of luxury condo complexes. One Ten Westminster, a 35-story skyscraper, will become Providence's tallest building. The tower will hold luxury condos, a W hotel, rooftop garden and a spa. Condos will cost between $500,000 to over $2.5 million and the project should be completed some time next year. The big question is whether or not the Providence real estate market is large enough and luxe enough to support this and other projects which are being created in the area.

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