Rockwood Hall
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Rockwood Hall was a Gilded Age mansion in Mount Pleasant, New York, on the Hudson River. It was best known as the home of William Rockefeller, brother of John D. Rockefeller. Both brothers were co-fou
The mansion c. 1860, before Rockefeller's extensive renovations
The mansion in 1890, after his renovations
Architectural sketch of Rockwood's central hall, with renovations by Carrère and Hastings
Originally owned by IBM for their World Trade Division. Sold to New York Life and now the Regeneron DNA Learning Center campus.
Biltmore Estate
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Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. The main residence is the Biltmore House, a Châteauesque-style mansion built for George W
Rockwood Hall
…acres (400 ha) in size; the mansion at its height had 204 rooms, making it the second-largest private house in the U.S. at the time, only behind the Biltmore mansion in North Carolina. The estate is currently an 88-acre (36 ha) section of the Rockefeller State Park Preserve. Among the first people to live on the…
The estate's Biltmore Mansion in 2013
Asheville Biltmore House
c. 1900
Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire was a principal source of inspiration for the east elevation