What Happened to the Kingscote Mansion in Newport, RI? (Featured in S2E2 of The Gilded Age)

[@LJB103]

This was one of the cottages built just for summer with no insulation for any usage in the colder months. It serves as a reminder of what Newport was in the days before the marble palace era. Great video.

[@mstsp9546]

My Aunt owned one of these in Pennsylvania, it was much smaller but beautiful. The porch was huge and it had a very ornate entry with heavy wood paneling. However as there were quite a few windows--it was not "dark". There was a separate stairway for servants. Hard to believe that we consider these as mansions or mansion-like, but they were vacation "bungalows" to people who had the means. Beautiful homes now, thanks for showing this one.

[@boston_octopus]

Don't pass this by when you're in Newport! Yes, it's wooden instead of stone - but it is lovely and cozy. The dining room, with its metallic tiles and Tiffany glass tiles is breathtaking.

[@christopherkraft1327]

I find the double parlor very interesting!!! Thanks for sharing another exciting video!!! 👍👍🙂

[@megfuchs9425]

I've been to Vanderbilt's "Breakers" mansion. Quite breathtaking! I love Newport. Thank you!

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

What a gorgeous house. I love that it has been preserved.

[@donnakennedyadams6315]

I'd like to see the various Governor's mansions. That would be 50 really interesting videos.

[@ThisHouse]

We are actually working on an episode about a Governor's mansion. Stay Tuned!

[@rayn8740]

The Louis Comfort Tiffany window wall is amazing. How clever and beautiful.

[@randyboglisch137]

Ken good afternoon..i have been to kingscote several times. .it is wonderful ! So much more comforting and inviting than the marble palces that followed.. it is more in scale to a person. It is lovely...i loved the double parlors. I think its my favorite of all the Newport homes..thank you for sharing

[@cassandraralph5906]

Another absolutely beautiful manor!!! I have always enjoyed your videos. Thank you again! 😊

[@ronsmith5615]

Would love to see you dedicate and episode to the Pittock Mansion, Oregon's most famous and innovative French chateau mansion perched on a ridge of Portland's Forest Park. Built by The Oregonian newspaper founder, Henry Pittock, and saved from ruin in the mid '60's and open for tours. The one place I always take out of town guests and they're never disappointed. The majestic view of Mt. Hood and the city at your feet is alone worth the price of admission.

[@berlinontario7845]

Good job Ken. Would like to see in the future-Boldt and Singer castles in the 1000 Islands and Casa Loma in Toronto.

[@jeffpetrie7744]

There are many stunning mansions in your excellent series, Ken… Thank you for all of the images and descriptions! - 😮Still, in my opinion the most beautiful house in North America is the Pittock Mansion in Portland, Oregon. 😎👍🏼

[@chantaldesjardins7763]

Wonderful house interior .💕😇🎉

[@kendranewton9071]

Dining room is gorgeous.

[@jamesparciak5387]

Thank you so much. I have been to Kings cote love this house it's wonderful. How about a presentation of Molly Brown's house.

[@jimwiskus8862]

Headed there this December.

[@jennyjatkola7094]

Thanks for the link to see this video.

[@darrelllancaster9554]

Thank You.

[@normanfletcher8332]

Excited; House is open for tours ( not demolished );

[@veronicagee4335]

Love your videos! Have you done one on the Conrad Mansion in Kalispell MT? I got to tour that one back in the mid 90's, it's a beautifully preserved home.

[@donnalewis4895]

How about the Ringling house in S FL, Sarasota I think it is.

[@peacefulpossum2438]

Lovely home, and far more tasteful than The Breakers.

[@Ricardo-go7yu]

Kingscote, like Chateau Sur Mer, in Newport were the 2 mansions that stood out architecturally. These houses had character and style. The opulence of the castles on Bellevue Avenue, to me, paled in comparison to the ornate wood features throughout those mansions. The craftsmanship was extraordinary. Though grand, these two summer "cottages" also had a very warm, cozy and homey feeling. As an aside, Long Island, New York's "Gold Coast", in its heyday had over 300 estates on its North Shore. Shortsightedness deprived us of its history and architecture. A handful still exists. And even fewer of those can be toured. The Gould mansion, "Falaise", at Sands Point is one that remains. And an interesting artifact is on the property. Charles Lindbergh's station Wagon. Thanks for the excellent video.

[@theseduxe1111]

Please do a video on the Winchester House out here in California? Maybe also her other homes? (she had at least 4 that she would bounce in between, the mystery house is the only remaining one). Great channel!!!

[@SpanishEclectic]

I do love me a gothic arch. The glass block wall is terrific. So happy to see this one survived. I'm almost surprised it didn't burn down, as so many wooden structures of the age met that fate, between candles, oil lamps, and knob & tube wiring. The striped awning is everything.

[@silvertbird1]

I only just visited Kingscote a few weeks ago while visiting a friend in Boston (I live in Texas so it’s always exciting to see older homes back east). Almost didn’t, went to see The Breakers and wanted to see Marble House and a few others of the grander, but they were closed due to filming of a series called “Gilded Age”. When purchasing tickets the rep mentioned Kingscote and that it is one of the oldest, so I knew I wanted to see it. The Breakers is like being in a museum or courthouse, beyond my imagination to live in something like that, but I could relate to Kingscote and actually imagine living in that house. It’s an absolute must see, very glad it survives. I found out the last of the King family living there, Mrs. Armstrong, challenged city planners in the 1960s and prevented the house from being demolished. If I remember, one of the later architects was involved in designing the magnificent Boston Public Library.

[@bhobbs3284]

The (old) Boston Public Library was designed by McKim, Mead and White. Although it was based on a building (museum? Library? I forget -- did my research 40 years ago) in Italy it was a bit revolutionary for libraries of the day. Stanford White designed the dining room of Kingscote. It was an early use of cork for sound deadening.

[@heatherjones6647]

Casa Loma in Toronto and Dundern Castle in Hamilton, both in Ontario, Canada.

[@steven2280]

I have been there, its a nice cozy cottage. It a large Cottage but due to the period of time the rooms are small adjoining rambling around the property. Noticeable amount of China trade antiques. Cute nice property.

[@gregorykristiansen2021]

Do an episode on the Stanford mansion in Pocatello, Idaho. Also the McCune Mansion and Amelia's Palace in SLC, Utah

[@chh6128]

Just drove through Pocatello today. And had no idea this mansion existed.

[@jedwalker4543]

I think you should do a video on the Waggoner Mansion in Decatur TX.

[@carolcarrillo896]

I'm sure it's VERY alluring in color‼️

[@brokenglass849]

There was quite an amazing house located in Elberon NJ, on Ocean Ave, called Aladdin's palace. It belonged to Mary Guggenheim, who was forced out of the home for back taxes, and the house was subsequently leveled circa 1940. This is a place I hope you'll be able to look into, and do a video. Love your channel.

[@brokenglass849]

@Eduardo Morales I think this name may have been applied to a number of very large and ornate houses. I wish I could attach a photo of the house I'm making reference to. It was on Ocean Ave in Elberon, NJ. It stood among a large number of lavish summer residences built near the ocean.

[@susanhurst3292]

Brokenglass849, my aunt lived in long branch, the 70s-90s, it was the best time to see all the mansions on Ocean Ave, I hope he will do a episode about the mansions in Deal, NJ.

[@brokenglass849]

@@susanhurst3292 I was told by someone who lived in Loch Arbour, that Long Branch was a wonderland of abandoned mansions in the 1960s, albeit, most of the very biggest homes were already gone by then.

[@susanhurst3292]

I'M 49 years old now and back in the 80s and early 90s it was a spectacular scene to go to Ocean Ave, they were building new ones as well as remodeling the olds ones. Alot of Miami Vice, type mansions and it was even a rumor that the Piano Mansion belong to Billy Joel.

[@silvertbird1]

Program suggestion: One of my favorite houses, which I haven’t seen in 20 years, is Nelson House near Yorktown, Virginia. I first saw it around 1986 when stationed in Virginia Beach and fell in love with it. What a history, Revolutionary and Civil War. I believe it was built around 1711. Georgian architecture remains among my favorite…although as I write this just realizing Nelson House would pre-date George I, I believe, so must have my terminology mixed. Would it be simply Palladian? Now you must do a program, and save me the Google. I also remember a charming small brick house in Virginia Beach called Lynnhaven House, which I think was mid 18th century and unusual because it’s built of brick and actually architecturally interesting for a very small house in what was a relatively sparsely inhabited area at the time. Thanks for the great programs.

[@pemanumb703]

Great video. Have you ever thought of doing Casa Loma in Toronto? Is an amazing building with an even more interesting history.

[@proudvirginian]

I'd like to see a little gilded age Virginia. My suggestion is Swannanoa in Afton, VA

[@wildfireintexas]

I would love to see this house. I especially liked the bedroom.

[@bludeetu321]

How about the Temelec mansion in Sonoma? It has an interesting history and is still around today.... Love your channel. Cheers

[@infinitelightcouncil]

Newport and Saratoga Springs were both antebellum Summer resorts for wealthy Southerners- it's an unfortunate truth that slavery existed in those states as well during an earlier period

[@lonwaslien104]

Cool place. Never heard of it before.

[@scottmargut6230]

Love the channel! Idea for a show. Hammersmith Farm in Newport was the Kennedy’s summer White House. It used to be open the the public, I toured it in the eighties. It’s beautiful and has a great history.

[@gmdelemeester]

Would love tour of gilded age Great Camp Sagamore complex

[@starsrhi2335]

GOOD AFTERNOON - Yes, I was a Newport for a week on my honeymoon. I didn't want to leave. Saw all the mansions, and they had, at that time, the best seafood I ever had. This is one of those beauties in Newport. Thank you for all your creative works and time. May you have a wonderful HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! PS - do you have any history on President Kennedy when he and his family stayed there for the summers? Did they own a home there?

[@kaci5678]

there was a house in the town I grew up in that was supposedly special,,, the Franklin house in Kearney Nebraska. also, the mansions in Galveston Texas are amazing

[@reneeclover2607]

Would love to see anything in Cape May, NJ

[@crookedbird6589]

How about the Heglar Carus mansion in LaSalle Il. It is an incredible mansion that hasn't been renovated over the years. It is huge and gave me goose bump when I entered it.

[@mikec7176]

I toured the mansion, when I was in Newport in the 70’s. I really enjoyed it because compared to the other mansions, it was more down to earth, and not as over the top lavish.

[@HerzogvBGO]

Should do a video on both the James J. Hill house in St. Paul, Minnesota and the Glensheen mansion in Duluth, Minnesota which is interesting because of the double murders.

[@mikalshively]

McLaren Lodge - Built 1896 Golden Gate Park - San Francisco San Francisco Landmark #175

[@stime6472]

Historic 1887 Brooke Mansion Sells in Birdsboro, PA

[@francesgrumblatt3420]

I love the simple grandeur of the exterior, the inside? ( not so much)

[@paco7992]

Do "the house of seven gables" for Autumn

[@gregorykristiansen2021]

Stanrod Mansion in Pocatello not Stanford

[@paulkenny224]

I visited Kingscote for the first time in a few years yesterday. Sadly, the PSNC has done little to keep up with the property and the home is in a clear state of decay.

[@glennsepulveda4856]

Pls do a feature on Villa Miravalle "Falcon Crest " mansion (Spring Mountain Vineyards)..I watched the show back then, partly because of this Victorian architectural masterpiece..love to know more about it's history (previous/present owners)..the architect who designed it, as well as it's current state of being..Thank-you so much and more power to your channel..👍❤

[@jrw5831]

Not one of my favorites on Bellvue Ave. Marble House is my favorite and I find it to be on the cozier side............................

[@derricklangford4725]

" A Prominent Slave Owner", so he pretty much built this house off of their forced labor 😥

[@nanipoo83]

I would love to see an episode on Nixon's western White House in San Clemente CA

[@abialo2010]

can you do a video on boldt castle in alex bay new york. typical story. millionaire building a house for his love then she bite the dust then it was stopped. stayed in ruins for around like 80 years before the state finished it. they do tours i have been on a few times. its on an island across from the town. their website has the backstory

[@777Brad]

Could you cover the Marland Mansion in Ponca City OK? Very interesting story.

[@asylumlover]

DON'T BELIEVE I'VE EVER HEARD OF THIS ONE, BUT DEFINITELY ANOTHER DEMOLITION FREE ZONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LONG LIVE NEWPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@suzannetaylor1556]

Beautiful….

[@keithtamiwroblewski7033]

Not sure if you have done an episode on Henry Fords, Fair lane home.

[@gregtoczko5284]

Unrelated to kings cote..I am restoring a fabulous summer estate house (Mayer estate) in Sharon springs NY that may be on interest..thanks

[@eric_bakken]

Glensheen Mansion in Duluth, MN please

[@Derek.Duquesne]

Have you done the Elms in Newport?

[@neighborhoodcatlady6094]

My favorite Newport mansion ❤❤❤

[@anthonyospina7854]

Kruger Scott mansion Newark New jersey

[@franceselainethurston1606]

I saw this years ago, and was a little disappointed in it as aside from the other homes (if you want to call them homes) it didn't measure up.

[@GetReady4LiftOff]

couches everywhere

[@rogermerrill8083]

Can u do texido park in new York? And it's homes.....