Beechwood | |
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![]() The front of Beechwood in 2008 | |
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Alternative names | Daniel Parish House |
General information | |
Architectural style | Italianate |
Town or city | Newport, Rhode Island |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 41°27′48″N 71°18′18″W / 41.4634°N 71.3051°W |
Completed | 1853, rebuilt in 1856 |
Client | Daniel Parish |
Owner | Larry Ellison (since 2010) |
Technical details | |
Size | 16,400 square feet (1,520 m2) |
Design and construction | |
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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. Part of the Bellevue Avenue Historic District, the first version of the residence was built between 1852 and 1853 and designed in the Italianate style by Andrew Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux. Following a fire in 1855, Vaux rebuilt the house with modified plans. Richard Morris Hunt renovated the estate in 1881 after it was bought the year before by William Backhouse Astor, Jr.