Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum - Bristol RI
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N 41° 39.247 W 071° 15.954
19T E 311324 N 4613855
Ground was broken for Blithewold in 1895, but the house was destroyed by fire only eleven years later in 1906. The present house dates from 1907. the basic outlines of gardens and arboretum date from the 1890's.
Waymark Code: WM167AZ
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 05/25/2022
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Blithewold, a 33-acre summer estate with grand views of Narragansett Bay, is nationally significant in American history as one of the most fully developed and authentic examples of the Country Place era. The property features a 45-room mansion filled with family heirlooms framed by a series of lovely gardens that range in character from mysterious to exotic and from poetic to practical.
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