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Seth C. Bradford
Seth C. Bradford (1801-1878)Yarnall, James L. ''Newport Through its Architecture''. 2005. was an American architect from Newport, Rhode Island. During his career, Bradford was known as a designer and builder of Italianate architecture, Italianate-style residences for Newport summer residents. At least three of his designs utilized a Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival vocabulary, most blatantly Rockry Hall (1847–48), modeled on Design III from Andrew Jackson Downing's pattern book ''Cottage Residences'' (1842). Today, he is most remembered for his design of Chateau-sur-Mer, the Wetmore family residence on Bellevue Avenue. In addition to being Bellevue Avenue's first great mansion, it is also credited with introducing the Second Empire architecture, Second Empire style to Newport (although the original mansard has since been replaced). His popularity in Newport waned in the late 1850s, as other architects like Thomas Alexander Tefft, Thomas A. Tefft, Richard Morris H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chateau-sur-Mer
Chateau-sur-Mer is one of the first grand Bellevue Avenue mansions of the Gilded Age in Newport, Rhode Island. Located at 474 Bellevue Avenue, it is now owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County and is open to the public as a museum. Chateau-sur-Mer's grand scale and lavish parties ushered in the Gilded Age of Newport, as it was the most palatial residence in Newport until the Vanderbilt houses in the 1890s. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006. Description and history Chateau-sur-Mer was completed in 1852 as an Italianate villa for William Shepard Wetmore, a merchant in the Old China Trade originally of St. Albans, Vermont. The architect and builder was Seth C. Bradford, and the structure is constructed of Fall River Granite. It is regarded as a landmark of Victorian architecture, furniture, wallpapers, ceramics, and stenciling. Wetmore died on June 16, 1862, at Chateau-sur-Mer, leaving the bulk of his fortune to his son George Peabody Wetmore. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
