Miramar Mansion, Newport

#111 among attractions in Newport

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Miramar is a 30,000-square-foot French neoclassical-style mansion on 7.8 acres bordering Bellevue Avenue on Aquidneck Island at Newport, Rhode Island. Overlooking Rhode Island Sound, it was intended as a summer home for the George D. Widener family of Philadelphia. ()

Completed: 1915 (109 years ago)Coordinates: 41°27'30"N, 71°18'17"W

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Bellevue Avenue and EstatesNewport United States

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Miramar Mansion – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Breakers, Marble House, Rosecliff, Chateau-sur-Mer.

0.9 miNE
Opulent, late-1800s Vanderbilt mansion
The Breakers, Newport
23 min walk • Nestled along the picturesque cliffs of Newport, Rhode Island, The Breakers stands as a testament to the opulence of the Gilded Age. This palatial mansion, completed in 1895, was the summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family.
~1400 ftN
Opulent Beaux-Arts style mansion
Marble House, Newport
7 min walk • Marble House, a Gilded Age mansion located at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, was built from 1888 to 1892 as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Beaux Arts style.
0.5 miN
Ornate house museum built in 1898–1902
Rosecliff, Newport
12 min walk • Rosecliff is a Gilded Age mansion of Newport, Rhode Island, now open to the public as a historic house museum. The house has also been known as the Hermann Oelrichs House or the J. Edgar Monroe House.
0.9 miN
Museum, History museum, Vernacular architecture
Chateau-sur-Mer, Newport
23 min walk • Chateau-sur-Mer is one of the first grand Bellevue Avenue mansions of the Gilded Age in Newport, Rhode Island. Located at 424 Bellevue Avenue, it is now owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County and is open to the public as a museum.
~940 ftSW
Museum, History museum, Vernacular architecture
Belcourt Castle, Newport
5 min walk • Belcourt is a former summer cottage designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt for Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont and located on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island.
~1140 ftS
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Rough Point, Newport
6 min walk • Rough Point is one of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, now open to the public as a museum. It is an English Manorial style home designed by architectural firm Peabody & Stearns for Frederick William Vanderbilt.
~1860 ftN
Museum, History museum, Art museum
Beechwood, Newport
9 min walk • 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.
0.9 miW
Beach
Gooseberry Beach, Newport
22 min walk • Gooseberry Beach is a beach located in Newport, Rhode Island off Ocean Drive. It is a private beach, but also open to the public. The beach is located between Bailey's Beach and Hazard's Beach.
1 miN
Vernacular architecture, Park, Gothic Revival architecture
Ochre Court, Newport
27 min walk • Ochre Court is a large châteauesque mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Commissioned by Ogden Goelet, it was built at a cost of $4.5 million in 1892. It is the second largest mansion in Newport after nearby The Breakers.
1.1 miN
Quad, Universities and schools
Salve Regina University, Newport
29 min walk • Salve Regina University is a private university in Newport, Rhode Island founded in 1934 by the Sisters of Mercy. The university is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education and enrolls more than 2,700 undergraduate and graduate students annually.
1.2 miN
Museum, History museum, Vernacular architecture
Chepstow Mansion, Newport
32 min walk • Chepstow is an Italianate house museum located at 120 Narragansett Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, built in 1860. It originally served as a summer "cottage", but the Preservation Society of Newport County now owns the property.

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Which popular attractions are close to Miramar Mansion?

Nearby attractions include Belcourt Castle, Newport (5 min walk), Rovensky Park, Newport (5 min walk), Rough Point, Newport (6 min walk), Marble House, Newport (7 min walk).