Chateau-sur-Mer

Chateau-sur-Mer
Chateau-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island.
Chateau-sur-Mer is located in Rhode Island
Chateau-sur-Mer
Chateau-sur-Mer is located in the United States
Chateau-sur-Mer
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Location474 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°28′16.5″N 71°18′19″W / 41.471250°N 71.30528°W / 41.471250; -71.30528
Area17 acres (69,000 m2)[1]
Built1851
ArchitectSeth C. Bradford (construction)

Richard Morris Hunt (renovations)

Ogden Codman, Jr. (design)
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival
Part ofBellevue Avenue Historic District (ID72000023)
NRHP reference No.68000002
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 8, 1968[3]
Designated NHLFebruary 17, 2006[2]
Designated NHLDCPDecember 8, 1972

Chateau-sur-Mer is one of the first grand Bellevue Avenue mansions of the Gilded Age in Newport, Rhode Island. Located at 474 Bellevue Avenue, it is now owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County and is open to the public as a museum. Chateau-sur-Mer's grand scale and lavish parties ushered in the Gilded Age of Newport, as it was the most palatial residence in Newport until the Vanderbilt houses in the 1890s. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference nrhpinv2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Chateau-sur-Mer". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 12, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.