Newport's Chateau-sur-Mer is a perfect example of High Victorian architecture, furniture, wallpapers, ceramics and stenciling; it was the most palatial residence in Newport from its completion in 1852 until the appearance of the Vanderbilt houses in the 1890s.
Chateau-sur-Mer's scale and the many lavish parties held there - ushered in the Gilded Age of Newport, Rhode Island.
Chateau-sur-Mer was built by George Peabody Wetmore.
Of note, Wetmore had a distinguished political career as Governor of Rhode Island and as a United States Senator. He died in 1921 and his wife died in 1927. They were survived by their two daughters, Edith and Maude, who never married. The house was purchased by the Preservation Society in 1969. In 2006 it was designated a National Historic Landmark.
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