Astors' Beechwood Takes Shape as Larry Ellison Art Museum
Posted by Leslie Hogan on
Restoration of Astor's Beechwood underway 12/30/12
on Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI
Yesterday, while cruising down Newport's Bellevue Avenue, I glanced over at Astors' Beechwood and, much to my surprise, it wasn't there! Â After a quick double take I realized the big, beige Italiante mansion WAS in fact there, but it was no longer the cream-colored wedding-cake-of-a-house I remembered, but rather a somber red brick edifice with pale quoining along the corners and roof line.
It's a temporary look, as plans call for the reapplication of the stucco, but the mansion's current "nakedness" combined with the wintery, leafless landscape accentuates the dignity of the original architecture.
Astors' Beechwood is undergoing a complete restoration thanks…
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