The Astors Beechwood Mansion
Beechwood is a Gilded Age mansion and estate located at 580 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island best known for having been owned by the Astor family.Photo: Bear Golden Retriever, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, United States
- Also known as: “Beechwood” and “Beechwood Mansion”
- Address: RI
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Marble House and Rosecliff Mansion.
Marble House
Museum
Marble House, a Gilded Age mansion located at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, 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. Marble House is situated 520 feet south of The Astors Beechwood Mansion.
Rosecliff Mansion
Museum
Rosecliff is a Gilded Age mansion of Newport, Rhode Island, now open to the public as a historic house museum. The house has also been known as the Hermann Oelrichs House or the J. Rosecliff Mansion is situated 580 feet north of The Astors Beechwood Mansion.
Rovensky Park
Park
Rovensky Park is a historic park at the corner of Bellevue Avenue and Rovensky Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. The park grounds were created in 1852, and the park was purchased by the Preservation Society of Newport County in 1959 with $175,000 grant donated by John E. Rovensky Park is situated 1,400 feet southwest of The Astors Beechwood Mansion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newport and Jamestown.
Newport
Newport is a beautiful seaside city in Rhode Island 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.
Jamestown
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jamestown is village on Conanicut Island, a small parcel of land that connects mainland Rhode Island to Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay. Jamestown is 25 miles south of Providence and offers plenty of shopping, dining and recreation.
Middletown
Middletown lies south of Portsmouth and north of Newport, Rhode Island. This geographical location is what gave this town its name. Middletown was founded in 1743 when unjust taxation and a growing population caused freeholders in Newport to petition for independence.
The Astors Beechwood Mansion
- Category: mansion
- Location: City of Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.46347° or 41° 27′ 49″ northLongitude
-71.30515° or 71° 18′ 19″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Levels
2Open location code
87HCFM7V+9WOpenStreetMap ID
way 719069470OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesGeoNames ID
5225187Wikidata ID
Q4879682
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Turkish—“The Astors Beechwood Mansion” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “ビーチウッド”
- Spanish: “Beechwood (mansión Astor)”
- Spanish: “Beechwood”
- Turkish: “Beechwood”
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