Belcourt of Newport

Belcourt
Ledge Road (west) façade
Former names	Belcourt Castle
General information
Type	Residence
Architectural style	Châteauesque
Location	Newport, Rhode Island, US
Address	657 Bellevue Avenue
Coordinates	41°27′27″N 71°18′23″W / 41.45750°N 71.30627°W / 41.45750; -71.30627
Construction started	1891
Completed	1894
Inaugurated	Tuesday, September 2, 1895[1]
Renovated	1896–1907, 1910–1914
Cost	$3.2 million ($80 million in 2011)
Client	Oliver Belmont Alva Belmont
Owner	Carolyn Rafaelian
Technical details
Structural system	Load-bearing masonry walls, steel I-beams and heavy timbers
Floor count	3
Floor area	50,000 ft2 (4,600 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Richard Morris Hunt
Main contractor	George A. Fuller Construction Company
Renovating team
Architect(s)	John Russell Pope, Horace Trumbauer

Belcourt is a former summer cottage designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt for Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont and located on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. Construction was begun in 1891 and completed in 1894, and it was intended to be used for only six to eight weeks of the year. Belcourt was designed in a multitude of European styles and periods; it features a heavy emphasis on French Renaissance and Gothic decor, with further borrowings from German, English, and Italian design. In the Gilded Age, the castle was noted for its extensive stables and carriage areas, which were incorporated into the main structure.