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Chateau-sur-Mer
The Chateau-sur-Mer is the first “palace” of Newport mansions.
The lavish affairs held on the grounds marked the beginning of Newport high society until the appearance of the Vanderbilt mansions in the 1890s.
Chateau-sur-Mer was built as an Italianate-style villa for China trade merchant William Shepard Wetmore in 1852.
Chateau-sur-Mer ushered in the Gilded Age of Newport.
During the 1870s, the house was remodeled and redecorated in the Second Empire French style.
As a result, Chateau-sur-Mer displays most of the major design trends of the last half of the 19th century.
Chateau-sur-Mer is owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County and is a National Historic Landmark.
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