Rosecliff
- Also Known As: Herman Oelrichs House also Edgar J Monroe House
- Address: Bellevue Ave
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1899/00/00 | Stanford White | Architect | Theresa Fair Oelrichs commissions Stanford White to build a 'Newport Summer Cottage' | |||
| 1902/00/00 | Herman Oelrichs | Summer home | Rosecliff is completed at a cost of $2.5 million | |||
| 1902/00/00 | Theresa Fair Oelrichs | Summer home | Rosecliff is completed at a cost of $2.5 million | |||
| 1904/08/14 | Theresa Fair Oelrichs | Hostess | Mrs Oelrichs's throws the White Ball, the house is decorated with rare white flowers, the women wear white and powder their hair, and a fleet of 12 full-size mock tall ships with white sails lay nearby with the Atlantic as the backdrop. | |||
| 1926/11/22 | Theresa Fair Oelrichs | Died | Theresa Fair Oelrichs dies at Newport. | |||
| 1926/11/24 | Theresa Fair Oelrichs | In Memoriam | Theresa Fair Oelrichs funeral is held in the beautiful blue and gold tapestry room at Rosecliff. Only relatives and intimate friends of the former society leader attend. | |||
| 1941/00/00 | Gertrude Niesen | Home | Hermann Oelrichs Jr sells off the family's furnishings. He sells the house for just $21,000 to vaudeville performer, torch singer and actress, Gertrude Niesen. | |||
| 1945/06/28 | Ray Alan van Clief of Washington, for the last three years a special consultant to Paul V McNutt, dies of auto injuries. Mr van Clief, the owner of Rosecliff, was on his way to visit the mansion for the first time after the completion of restorations. | |||||
| 1947/00/00 | J Edgar Monroe of New Orleans buys Rosecliff. | |||||
| 1971/00/00 | J Edgar Monroe and his wife Louise spend summers at Rosecliff until 1971, when they donated the estate to the Preservation Society of Newport County, a nonprofit organization that owns many of the historic mansions in Newport. |
| Particulars for Rosecliff: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Narrative Arts | Movie Location |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Activity | |
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| Activity Category | Tour |
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