Relive the past at Astor's Beechwood Mansion, home to both John Jacob Astor IV, who died on board the RMS Titanic, and Caroline Astor, creator of the first American social register. Visit the oceanfront mansion and learn about the grand 1890s lifestyle of the Astor family who came to live in Newport during the Victorian era and interact with Beechwood Theatre Company actors portraying staff, friends and family of the Astors. A range of productions, tours, and dancing are offered, see website for details.
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Built by Mrs. Astor for her summer home it is a lovely and rather small by Newport standards manison. The Ballroom is very elegant and can hold 400 oddly...
Went to a wedding here last weekend, and it looked like one of those Hopper paintings (the pretty New England ones, not the noirish urban ones). The view...
Disappointing Tour
Beechwood is a privately-owned business that conducts rather contrived tours given by young people in costume who pretend to be members of the ...
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