Beacon Towers
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Beacon Towers was a Gilded Age mansion on Sands Point in the village of Sands Point on the North Shore of Long Island, New York. It was built from 1917 to 1918 for Alva Belmont, the ex-wife of William
Front facade of Beacon Towers in 1922
View from northeast, as seen from the beach, in 1920
The Beacon Towers estate in 1922, showing the western elevation of the mansion. View from the Sands Point Light to Prospect Point in the background
The primary facade in 1931, following renovations by William Randolph Hearst
Marble House
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Marble House is a Gilded Age mansion located at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It was built from 1888 to 1892 as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt a
The western facade, facing Bellevue Avenue
The Chinese Tea House, modeled on 12th-century Song dynasty temples
The rear facade faces towards the ocean
The dining room, featuring pink Numidian marble and gilt bronze capitals and trophies