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| {{Short description|Privately owned mansion in Newport, Rhode Island}} | |||
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| | name = Carey Mansion | | name = Seaview Terrace<br />Carey Mansion | ||
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| former_names = Burnham-by-the-Sea<br />Stoneleigh-Burnham School | ||
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| | image = CareyMansion crop.jpg | | image = CareyMansion crop.jpg | ||
| | caption = View from the |
| caption = View from the southeast | ||
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| | address = Ruggles & |
| address = Ruggles & Wetmore Avenues | ||
| | client = ] | | client = ] | ||
| | owner = Privately owned | | owner = Privately owned | ||
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| | coordinates = {{Coord|41.467603|-71.30363|region:US-RI_type:landmark|display=inline,title|name=Site of Carey Mansion Newport, Rhode Island}} | |||
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| | start_date = 1923 | | start_date = {{Start date|1923}} | ||
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| completion_date = 1925 | ||
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'''Seaview Terrace''', also known as the '''Carey Mansion''', is a privately owned mansion located in ]. It was designed in the ] style based on the ] of the 16th century, and completed in 1925. It was the last of the great "Summer Cottages" constructed and is the fifth-largest of Newport's mansions, after ], ], ], and ]. The television show '']'' used its exterior as the fictional ]. Part of the main house and some of the outbuildings were leased to ] until recently. | ||
| The television show '']'' used its exterior as the fictional ]. Until recently, part of the main house and some of the outbuildings were leased to ]. | |||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| From the 1850s to the early 20th century, fashionable wealthy families built elaborate mansions in Newport to be used for entertaining during the summer season. | From the 1850s to the early 20th century, fashionable wealthy families built elaborate mansions in Newport to be used for entertaining during the summer season. | ||
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===Seaview Terrace=== | ||
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| ⚫ | In 1907, |
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| ⚫ | In 1907, whiskey millionaire ] built a French-Gothic mansion on the south side of ] in ] It covered more than half a city block, and included a Gothic chapel with seating for 150, a large ballroom, an art gallery, and a 500-seat theatre—90 feet by 120 feet, and several stories tall, completed in 1911—known as Aladdin's Palace.<ref>"Here's a Brand New Use for Wealth—Build a Theatre Right in Your Home!" ''The Sunday Morning Star'' (Wilmington, Delaware), 12 November 1911, p. 9.</ref> | ||
| ⚫ | In 1923, |
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| ⚫ | In 1923, Bradley began disassembling his Washington, D.C. mansion and relocating it to a Newport property at Ruggles and Wetmore avenues. "Sea View", the 1885 Elizabethan-Revival mansion already on the site, was incorporated into the design, and lent its name to the new chateau.<ref>Vestiges of "Sea View", the 1885 James P. Kernochan mansion originally on the site, can be seen in the chateau's north wing.</ref> Work on the exterior continued for two years, and required the use of many railroad cars and trucks. Rooms that had been imported intact from France and installed in Washington, D.C. twenty years earlier were moved again and reassembled in Newport, and the new building was constructed around them. When the interiors were completed in 1925, there were 17 rooms on the first floor, 25 on the second, and 12 on the third. It is believed to have been one of the largest buildings to be moved in this manner. | ||
| Seaview Terrace cost over $2,000,000 to build. The main house featured turrets, stained-glass windows, high arching doorways and, in keeping with its seaside location, shell motifs. The ] awarded Bradley's architect, ], a 1928 medal for "Seaview Terrace", calling it "the most beautiful and unusual residence in this country" Mrs.Bradley died in August 1929, and her funeral was held in the house's chapel. Within months after the death of his beloved wife, Edson Bradley gave the estate to his daughter and son-in-law, Bishop and Mrs. Herbert Shipman. Bishop Shipman, Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, died in 1930.After the death of Bishop Shipman, Mr. Bradley and Mrs. Julie Shipman continued to summer at "Seaview Terrace", until Mr. Bradley's death in London in 1935. Three years after Mr. Bradley's death, the great hurricane of 1938, unleashed its fury on RI's coastline. Many of the Newport estates were damaged. "Seaview Terrace" was lucky, in that the damage was minor. A rumor that had circulated that the tower was destroyed, was wrong. There was water damage inside the house, and of the 30 trees on the property, more than a half dozen were destroyed. Mrs. Shipman had the water damage cleaned up, and trees removed. She continued to summer at "Seaview Terrace" until 1941. That year, she held an auction to sell the house and furnishings. A bid of $25,000 for building and furnishings was rejected. In 1942, she allowed the City of Newport to claim the property, as she owed the city three years back taxes. Soon after, the estate was leased to the U.S. Army as an Army Barracks. From 1944-1949, it was known as Newport's biggest "White Elephant", as looters and the weather wrecked havoc on the 54 room French Renassiance Villa. In 1949, the City of Newport sold the estate to a real estate broker for $8,000. He then sold it to Mrs. George W. Emerson of Northampton, Massachusetts for $24,000. | |||
| Seaview Terrace cost over $2,000,000 to build. The main house featured turrets, stained-glass windows, high arching doorways and, in keeping with its seaside location, shell motifs. The American League of Architects awarded Bradley's architect, ], a 1928 medal for the chateau. | |||
| Bradley's wife, Julia Williams Bradley, died in August 1929, and her funeral was held in the house's chapel. Edson Bradley spent five more summers at the mansion before his death in 1935. | |||
| Burnham-by-the-Sea=== | |||
| In 1950, it became an exclusive all-girl summer boarding school, and was known as "Burnham-by-the-Sea". The house was owned and the summer school run by Mrs. ]. During the academic year, Mrs. Emerson was a headmistress for the Mary Burnham School for Girls in ]. From 1951 to 1961, Mrs. Emerson leased the estate to Mr. Lloyd H. Hatch, for his private school for boys, Hatch Preparatory School for Boys. When the Hatch school left in 1961, it was leased for the Newport School for Girls. In 1968, the Mary Burnham School merged with the Stoneleigh Prospect Hill School to become the ], which took over operation of the summer school.<ref>During the summer of 1973 the movie '']'' was filmed next door. All the children at the school, who had a 9 pm curfew, spent the evenings listening to the filming of the cars driving up and down the old Oelrichs property, ].</ref> | |||
| The Bradleys' daughter, Julie Bradley Shipman, took over the estate and lived there until 1941. Her husband, the Right Reverend ], Episcopal Bishop of New York, died in 1930. She vacated the house after a dispute with the City over non-payment of three years' back taxes. During ], the house was used by the ] as officers' quarters. In 1949 the property was sold for only $8,000. | |||
| ⚫ | From 1966 to 1971, the Gothic horror soap opera ] used Burnham-by-the-Sea as the exterior set for the fictional ]. | ||
| ===Private schools=== | |||
| In 1950, the property became an exclusive all-girl summer boarding school, and was renamed "Burnham-by-the-Sea". The house was owned and the summer school run by Mr. and Mrs. George Waldo Emerson. During the academic year, Mrs. Emerson was a headmistress for the Mary Burnham School for Girls in ]. | |||
| In 1968, the Mary Burnham School merged with the Stoneleigh Prospect Hill School to become the ], but the summer school continued to be run by the Emersons until they sold Seaview Terrace. During the regular school year, the school operated as Newport School for Girls. In 1971 and 1972, Seaview Terrace also was home for The New School, grades 2 through 8. Headmaster for the New School was Fr. Toller Cranston. | |||
| ====Filming==== | |||
| ⚫ | From 1966 to 1971, the Gothic horror soap opera '']'' used Burnham-by-the-Sea as the exterior set for the fictional ], which in turn inspired the depiction of the Kingston Mansion in the "What the Hex Is Going On?" episode of '']''. | ||
| During the summer of 1973 the movie '']'' was filmed next door. All the children at the school, who had a 9 pm curfew, spent the evenings listening to the filming of the cars driving up and down the old Oelrichs property, ]. | |||
| ===Carey Mansion=== | ===Carey Mansion=== | ||
| In 1974, Millicent and ] of New York, purchased the mansion. Being one of the largest of Newport's mansions, the Careys were faced with large costs for upkeep. The main house and gatehouse were leased to ], which renamed it the Carey Mansion. The former stables were also leased as a dormitory for Salve Regina, which renamed it "Seaview". The mansion's Drawing Room, used by the university for performances and practice, was renamed Cecilia Hall, for the patron saint of music (]). During the 1980s Seaview Terrace housed the American syndicate of the ]. | |||
| In 1974, Martin T.and Millicent H.Carey of New York, purchased the mansion. They reported that they were going to use the house as a business school, for training executives. The Newport Executive Center was scheduled to open at the former Bradley-Shipman estate by December of 1974, after renovations were made. The Executive Center never materialized, and the house was not restored. Within a few years, Mr. Carey leased the mansion to Salve Regina College, for use as a girls dorm. In the mid eighties, Salve Regina, now University, removed the clinging ivy vines from the facade of the house, as it was causing damage to the exterior. Salve also began to house male students in the mansion, and damage to the sculptures and interiors were extensive. Salve Regina University often invited the Bradley family friend and historian, Michael Seggie, to "Seaview Terrace", to lecture about the history of the house, in order that the students would appreciate the unique building that was their dormitory. | |||
| On August 31, 2009, Salve Regina University terminated the lease with the Carey family. The Careys' daughter, Denise Anne Carey, an architect from New York, currently lives there. | |||
| Salve Regina University expired the lease of "Seaview Terrace" on August 31, 2009. Since then the Careys, with contributions from the fans of the tv series, "Dark Shadows", have begun extensive renovations including repairs to the roof, chimneys, facades and interiors such as the Solarium, Great Hall and Ballroom. Their daughter, Denise Carey, an architect from New York, currently resides there with her fiance Christopher Bettencourt, a builder from Massachusetts. Together, they oversee the restoration of the mansion. | |||
| ==Fire== | |||
| On February 28, 2024 a fire destroyed parts of Carey Mansion. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newportri.com/story/news/crime/2024/02/28/seaview-terrance-fire-set-by-newport-man-police-alledge/72772474007/ | title=Newport man charged with setting mansion fire, carjacking Salve Regina student }}</ref> | |||
| The ] network featured the mansion in the first season, second episode of its paranormal reality show ] on March 6, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syfy.com/stranded/article/location_facts/page/3|title=Seaview Terrace on Stranded|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419060104/http://www.syfy.com/stranded/article/location_facts/page/3|archivedate=2013-04-19}}</ref> Seaview Terrace was featured on ]'s '']'', on October 31, 2020. | |||
| Seaview Terrace is privately owned and is not open for tours or tourist visits. | |||
| ==Features== | ==Features== | ||
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| ===Stained glass=== | ===Stained glass=== | ||
| ''The Flagellation'' (circa 1544–47) was an early-Renaissance stained-glass window designed for ]. It was part of a series portraying the Passion of Christ, and believed to have been made in the workshop of Currado Mochis da Colonia.<ref></ref> The window was bought by ] for the house when it was located on Dupont Circle, and may have once been owned by ].<ref></ref> | |||
| ===Estey organ=== | ===Estey organ=== | ||
| Carey Mansion's pipe organ, Opus 2140, was made by ] of Estey Organ Company, ]. It has a Tremolo Electric Detached Console Automatic Player which includes Great pipes, Swell, and multiple pedals. It is no longer operational, and the console is missing.<ref></ref> | Carey Mansion's pipe organ, Opus 2140, was made by ] of Estey Organ Company, ]. It has a Tremolo Electric Detached Console Automatic Player which includes Great pipes, Swell, and multiple pedals. It is no longer operational, and the console is missing.<ref></ref> | ||
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===Hedge=== | ||
| Carey Mansion has never throughout its history had any sort of fencing or wall surrounding the property. |
Carey Mansion has never throughout its history had any sort of rigid fencing or wall surrounding the property. There are two main gateposts, but around most of the rest of the property a decorative hedge is used, rather unsuccessfully, to keep people away, making it the largest of its kind in Newport with such a characteristic.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} There is a short length of five foot (1.5 meter) high fencing along the western edge dividing the property from Fairlawn (AKA Salve's Young Building). The fence runs between the Fairlawn carriage house and Seaview's gate house from Ruggles Avenue to approximately 150 feet from the southwestern corner of the Seaview property. | ||
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| Seaview Terrace Carey Mansion | |
|---|---|
 View from the southeast | |
| Former names | Burnham-by-the-Sea Stoneleigh-Burnham School |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Châteauesque |
| Location | Newport, Rhode Island |
| Address | Ruggles & Wetmore Avenues |
| Coordinates | 41°28′03″N 71°18′13″W / 41.467603°N 71.30363°W / 41.467603; -71.30363 (Site of Carey Mansion Newport, Rhode Island) |
| Construction started | 1923 (1923) |
| Completed | 1925 |
| Client | Edson Bradley |
| Owner | Privately owned |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Howard Greenley |
Seaview Terrace, also known as the Carey Mansion, is a privately owned mansion located in Newport, Rhode Island. It was designed in the Châteauesque style based on the French chateaux of the 16th century, and completed in 1925. It was the last of the great "Summer Cottages" constructed and is the fifth-largest of Newport's mansions, after The Breakers, Ochre Court, Belcourt Castle, and Rough Point. The television show Dark Shadows used its exterior as the fictional Collinwood Mansion. Part of the main house and some of the outbuildings were leased to Salve Regina University until recently.
History
From the 1850s to the early 20th century, fashionable wealthy families built elaborate mansions in Newport to be used for entertaining during the summer season.
Seaview Terrace
In 1907, whiskey millionaire Edson Bradley built a French-Gothic mansion on the south side of Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. It covered more than half a city block, and included a Gothic chapel with seating for 150, a large ballroom, an art gallery, and a 500-seat theatre—90 feet by 120 feet, and several stories tall, completed in 1911—known as Aladdin's Palace.
In 1923, Bradley began disassembling his Washington, D.C. mansion and relocating it to a Newport property at Ruggles and Wetmore avenues. "Sea View", the 1885 Elizabethan-Revival mansion already on the site, was incorporated into the design, and lent its name to the new chateau. Work on the exterior continued for two years, and required the use of many railroad cars and trucks. Rooms that had been imported intact from France and installed in Washington, D.C. twenty years earlier were moved again and reassembled in Newport, and the new building was constructed around them. When the interiors were completed in 1925, there were 17 rooms on the first floor, 25 on the second, and 12 on the third. It is believed to have been one of the largest buildings to be moved in this manner.
Seaview Terrace cost over $2,000,000 to build. The main house featured turrets, stained-glass windows, high arching doorways and, in keeping with its seaside location, shell motifs. The American League of Architects awarded Bradley's architect, Howard Greenley, a 1928 medal for the chateau.
Bradley's wife, Julia Williams Bradley, died in August 1929, and her funeral was held in the house's chapel. Edson Bradley spent five more summers at the mansion before his death in 1935.
The Bradleys' daughter, Julie Bradley Shipman, took over the estate and lived there until 1941. Her husband, the Right Reverend Herbert Shipman, Episcopal Bishop of New York, died in 1930. She vacated the house after a dispute with the City over non-payment of three years' back taxes. During World War II, the house was used by the U.S. Army as officers' quarters. In 1949 the property was sold for only $8,000.
Private schools
In 1950, the property became an exclusive all-girl summer boarding school, and was renamed "Burnham-by-the-Sea". The house was owned and the summer school run by Mr. and Mrs. George Waldo Emerson. During the academic year, Mrs. Emerson was a headmistress for the Mary Burnham School for Girls in Northampton, Massachusetts.
In 1968, the Mary Burnham School merged with the Stoneleigh Prospect Hill School to become the Stoneleigh-Burnham School, but the summer school continued to be run by the Emersons until they sold Seaview Terrace. During the regular school year, the school operated as Newport School for Girls. In 1971 and 1972, Seaview Terrace also was home for The New School, grades 2 through 8. Headmaster for the New School was Fr. Toller Cranston.
Filming
From 1966 to 1971, the Gothic horror soap opera Dark Shadows used Burnham-by-the-Sea as the exterior set for the fictional Collinwood Mansion, which in turn inspired the depiction of the Kingston Mansion in the "What the Hex Is Going On?" episode of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!.
During the summer of 1973 the movie The Great Gatsby was filmed next door. All the children at the school, who had a 9 pm curfew, spent the evenings listening to the filming of the cars driving up and down the old Oelrichs property, Rosecliff.
Carey Mansion
In 1974, Millicent and Martin T. Carey of New York, purchased the mansion. Being one of the largest of Newport's mansions, the Careys were faced with large costs for upkeep. The main house and gatehouse were leased to Salve Regina University, which renamed it the Carey Mansion. The former stables were also leased as a dormitory for Salve Regina, which renamed it "Seaview". The mansion's Drawing Room, used by the university for performances and practice, was renamed Cecilia Hall, for the patron saint of music (Saint Cecilia). During the 1980s Seaview Terrace housed the American syndicate of the America's Cup.
On August 31, 2009, Salve Regina University terminated the lease with the Carey family. The Careys' daughter, Denise Anne Carey, an architect from New York, currently lives there.
Fire
On February 28, 2024 a fire destroyed parts of Carey Mansion.
The Syfy network featured the mansion in the first season, second episode of its paranormal reality show Stranded on March 6, 2013. Seaview Terrace was featured on Travel Channel's Ghost Nation, on October 31, 2020.
Seaview Terrace is privately owned and is not open for tours or tourist visits.
Features
Whispering gallery
Cecilia Hall features a whispering gallery, an elliptical room reminiscent of Saint Paul's Cathedral, in which a person standing at one of the foci can hear the slightest whisper uttered at the other.
Stained glass
The Flagellation (circa 1544–47) was an early-Renaissance stained-glass window designed for Milan Cathedral. It was part of a series portraying the Passion of Christ, and believed to have been made in the workshop of Currado Mochis da Colonia. The window was bought by Edson Bradley for the house when it was located on Dupont Circle, and may have once been owned by Stanford White.
Estey organ
Carey Mansion's pipe organ, Opus 2140, was made by Jacob Estey of Estey Organ Company, Brattleboro, Vermont. It has a Tremolo Electric Detached Console Automatic Player which includes Great pipes, Swell, and multiple pedals. It is no longer operational, and the console is missing.
Hedge
Carey Mansion has never throughout its history had any sort of rigid fencing or wall surrounding the property. There are two main gateposts, but around most of the rest of the property a decorative hedge is used, rather unsuccessfully, to keep people away, making it the largest of its kind in Newport with such a characteristic. There is a short length of five foot (1.5 meter) high fencing along the western edge dividing the property from Fairlawn (AKA Salve's Young Building). The fence runs between the Fairlawn carriage house and Seaview's gate house from Ruggles Avenue to approximately 150 feet from the southwestern corner of the Seaview property.
References
- "Here's a Brand New Use for Wealth—Build a Theatre Right in Your Home!" The Sunday Morning Star (Wilmington, Delaware), 12 November 1911, p. 9.
- Vestiges of "Sea View", the 1885 James P. Kernochan mansion originally on the site, can be seen in the chateau's north wing.
- "Newport man charged with setting mansion fire, carjacking Salve Regina student".
- "Seaview Terrace on Stranded". Archived from the original on 2013-04-19.
- The Flagellation
- The Flagellation
- Estey Pipe Organs Opus List
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