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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1899/00/00 Horace Trumbauer Architect Construction begins on The Elms for Edward Julius Berwind. The Gilded Age mansion is modeled after an 18C French residence, Chateau d'Asnieres, in the town of Asnieres-sur-Seine, west of Paris, France.
1901/00/00 Edward Julius Berwind Home Constructed with a steel frame with brick partitions and a limestone facade, The Elms is completed for Edward J Berwind at a cost c 1.5 million dollars.
1962/00/00 Ruth Elizabeth Hale Buchanan Preservationist Just weeks before its planned demolition, The Elms is bought by the Preservation Society of Newport County for $116,000.

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Particulars for The Elms:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Camp
Area of Significance Education
Criteria Historic Event
Museum Type Historical Museum
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Material Limestone
Level of Significance National
Architectural Style Neoclassical
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 10th September 1971

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Elms, The
Registry Address: Bellevue Ave.
Registry Number: 71000021
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Trumbauer,Edward J.
Architectural Style: Classical revival
Area in Acres: 10
Contributing Buildings: 3
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 2
Contributing Objects: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Landscape architecture, Education, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1899, 1901
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Camp
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Social
Current Sub-Function: Museum Civic

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