Historic "Seaview Terrace" is perched atop nearly eight acres of seaside property along Newport's famed Cliff Walk. At over 43,000 square feet, Seaview is the fifth largest estate in Newport and the largest that remains privately owned. Built in 1907 for Edson Bradley, it was originally located in Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. The home covered more than half a city block, and included a chapel with seating for 150, a large ballroom, an art gallery, and a 500-seat theatre. In 1923, Bradley began disassembling his Washington, D.C. mansion and relocating it to Newport. "Sea View", the Elizabethan-Revival mansion already on the site, was incorporated into the design, and lent its name to the new chateau. Rooms that had been imported intact from France and installed in Washington, D.C. twenty years earlier were moved again and reassembled in Newport, and the new building was constructed around them. The ALA awarded Bradley's architect, Howard Greenley, the 1928 President's Medal for the chateau. Seaview boasts many articles of virtu including "The Flagellation" (circa 1544–47) an early-Renaissance stained-glass window designed for Milan Cathedral. The Great Hall features a whispering gallery, an elliptical room reminiscent of Saint Paul's Cathedral, in which a person standing at one of the foci can hear the slightest whisper uttered at the other. Long used as a dormitory, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to restore and preserve a true piece of history.
Listed by
Hawks And Company Edge Realty RI, LLC Aryn Hawks Edge Realty RI, LLC
Property Information:
$29,900,000, 29 bd, 19 ba, 43,772 sqft
197-207 Ruggles Ave, Newport, RI 02840
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In 1971 it was called Burnham-by-the-Sea. I went there for summerschool because I flunked a few courses at my High School. Burnham had just started to convert that summer school to coed. So that summer there were 100 girls and 10 boys. The guys stayed in a small house across the street. Nice boy-girl ratio. I was 16 and had a lot of fun that summer. (The Breakers Mansion was down the street.) The main house of the school was the mansion and that was pretty cool. Great 3 acre “lawn” and just fun to be there. A couple of the girls and I were going to stay in touch with each other. But kids didn't really call each other.…
would like to own it what a dream Lady Melinda
Wish we could of seen more of the rooms on Dark Shadows, will need lots of work for sure!
It will be mine. Oh yes, it WILL be mine.
Make a great hotel! Hope someone rescues the old girl.