Rhode Island
Newport County
City of Newport

Rosecliff Mansion

Rosecliff is a Gilded Age mansion of , now open to the public as a historic house museum. The house has also been known as the Hermann Oelrichs House or the J.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—3:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: historic house in Rhode Island, United States
  • Also known as: “Hermann Oelrichs House”, “J. Edgar Monroe House”, “Margaret Good Van Clief Estate (1942-1946)”, “Oldcourt”, and “Rosecliff”
  • Address: 548 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI 02840

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marble House and National Museum of American Illustration.

Museum
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, a Gilded Age mansion located at 596 Bellevue Avenue in , was built from 1888 to 1892 as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Beaux Arts style. is situated 1,100 feet south of Rosecliff Mansion.

Museum
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The , founded in 1998, is the first national museum to be devoted exclusively to American illustration artwork. is situated 1,800 feet north of Rosecliff Mansion.

Museum
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was a Queen Anne style cottage designed by Peabody and Stearns for Pierre Lorillard IV and located along the Cliff Walk on Ochre Point Avenue, . is situated 2,500 feet northeast of Rosecliff Mansion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newport and Jamestown.

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is a beautiful seaside city in that is famous for its genteel mansions and a rich history of yachting, golf, and tennis. With a population of only 25,000, this scenic resort town punches well above its weight and was known as the "Summer White House" throughout the 1950s and 60s.

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is village on Conanicut Island, a small parcel of land that connects mainland Rhode Island to Aquidneck Island in Bay. is 25 miles south of and offers plenty of shopping, dining and recreation.

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lies south of Portsmouth and north of Newport, Rhode Island. This geographical location is what gave this town its name. was founded in 1743 when unjust taxation and a growing population caused freeholders in Newport to petition for independence.

Rosecliff Mansion

Latitude
41.46499° or 41° 27′ 54″ north
Longitude
-71.30459° or 71° 18′ 17″ west
Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)
Open location code
87HCFM7W+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 371945269
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
5224435
Wiki­data ID
Q2166814
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Rosecliff Mansion” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “玫瑰山庄”
  • Chinese: “玫瑰山莊”
  • Chinese: “玫瑰崖”
  • Dutch: “Rosecliff”
  • Finnish: “Rosecliff”
  • French: “Rosecliff”
  • German: “Rosecliff”
  • Italian: “Rosecliff”
  • Japanese: “ローズクリフ”
  • Spanish: “Rosecliff”
  • Turkish: “Rosecliff”

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