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70 relations: Asnières-sur-Seine, Auction, Ballroom, Basement, Bellevue Avenue Historic District, Business magnate, Car, Car turntable, Carriage house, Circuit breaker, Coal, Coal mining, Conservatory (greenhouse), Cottage, Domestic worker, Dutch elm disease, Edward Julius Berwind, Electricity, Estate (land), Facade, France, Furnace, Galley (kitchen), Germans, Gilded Age, Horace Trumbauer, Immigration to the United States, Jacques Hardouin-Mansart, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Julia Berwind, Landscaping, Laundry room, Lawn, Limestone, List of Gilded Age mansions, List of National Historic Landmarks in Rhode Island, Living room, Luxury vehicle, Mansion, Marble, Middle class, National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island, Neoclassicism, New York City, Newport, Rhode Island, Nouveau riche, Preservation Society of Newport County, Real estate development, ..., Rhode Island, Robert de Cotte, Season (society), Servants' quarters, Sic, Stable, Steering wheel, Technology, Theodore Roosevelt, Tile, Time (magazine), Trunk (luggage), Tunnel, Ulmus americana, United States, Weeping beech, Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Will and testament, Wine cellar, Working class. Expand index (20 more) »
Asnières-sur-Seine
Asnières-sur-Seine is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France, along the river Seine.
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Auction
An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder.
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Ballroom
A ballroom or ballhall is a large room inside a building, the designated purpose of which is holding large formal parties called balls.
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Basement
A basement or cellar is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor.
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Bellevue Avenue Historic District
The Bellevue Avenue Historic District is located along and around Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
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Business magnate
A business magnate (formally industrialist) refers to an entrepreneur of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise or field of business.
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Car
A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation.
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Car turntable
A car turntable or driveway turntable is a rotating platform designed for use by a car; they can be motorized or manually rotated and are usually installed in a driveway or in a garage floor.
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Carriage house
A carriage house, also called a remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack.
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Circuit breaker
A circuit breaker is an automatically operated electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by excess current from an overload or short circuit.
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Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.
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Coal mining
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground.
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Conservatory (greenhouse)
A conservatory is a building or room having glass or tarpaulin roofing and walls used as a greenhouse or a sunroom.
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Cottage
A cottage is, typically, a small house.
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Domestic worker
A domestic worker, domestic helper, domestic servant, manservant or menial, is a person who works within the employer's household.
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Dutch elm disease
Dutch elm disease (DED) is caused by a member of the sac fungi (Ascomycota) affecting elm trees, and is spread by elm bark beetles.
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Edward Julius Berwind
Edward Julius Berwind (June 17, 1848 – August 18, 1936) was the founder of the Berwind-White Coal Mining Company.
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Electricity
Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of electric charge.
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Estate (land)
Historically, an estate comprises the houses, outbuildings, supporting farmland, and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house or mansion.
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Facade
A facade (also façade) is generally one exterior side of a building, usually, but not always, the front.
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France
France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.
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Furnace
A furnace is a device used for high-temperature heating.
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Galley (kitchen)
The galley is the compartment of a ship, train, or aircraft where food is cooked and prepared.
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Germans
Germans (Deutsche) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe, who share a common German ancestry, culture and history.
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Gilded Age
The Gilded Age in United States history is the late 19th century, from the 1870s to about 1900.
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Horace Trumbauer
Horace Trumbauer (December 28, 1868 – September 18, 1938) was a prominent American architect of the Gilded Age, known for designing residential manors for the wealthy.
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Immigration to the United States
Immigration to the United States is the international movement of individuals who are not natives or do not possess citizenship in order to settle, reside, study, or work in the country.
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Jacques Hardouin-Mansart
Jacques Hardouin-Mansart, comte de Sagonne (21 October 1677, Paris - 1762) was a French politician and soldier.
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Jules Hardouin-Mansart
Jules Hardouin-Mansart (16 April 1646 – 11 May 1708) was a French architect whose work is generally considered to be the apex of French Baroque architecture, representing the power and grandeur of Louis XIV.
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Julia Berwind
Julia A. Berwind (1864- May 18, 1961) was a Newport, Rhode Island socialite, and a social welfare activist.
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Landscaping
Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including.
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Laundry room
A laundry room (also called a utility room) is a room where clothes are washed and dried.
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Lawn
A lawn is an area of soil-covered land planted with grasses and other durable plants such as clover which are maintained at a short height with a lawnmower and used for aesthetic and recreational purposes.
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Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.
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List of Gilded Age mansions
The so-called Gilded Age mansions were built in the United States by some of the richest people in the country during in the period between 1870 and the 1920s.
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List of National Historic Landmarks in Rhode Island
This article provide a 'List of National Historic Landmarks in Rhode Island'.
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Living room
In Western architecture, a living room, also called a lounge room, lounge or sitting room, is a room in a residential house or apartment for relaxing and socializing.
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Luxury vehicle
Luxury vehicle is a marketing term for a vehicle that provides luxury—pleasant or desirable features beyond strict necessity—at increased expense.
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Mansion
A mansion is a large dwelling house.
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Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.
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Middle class
The middle class is a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy.
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National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.
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National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island.
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Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism (from Greek νέος nèos, "new" and Latin classicus, "of the highest rank") is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of classical antiquity.
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New York City
The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.
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Nouveau riche
"Nouveau riche" (French: 'new rich') is a term, usually derogatory, to describe those whose wealth has been acquired within their own generation, rather than by familial inheritance.
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Preservation Society of Newport County
The Preservation Society of Newport County is a private, non-profit organization based in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Real estate development
Real estate development, or property development, is a business process, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of developed land or parcels to others.
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States.
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Robert de Cotte
Robert de Cotte (1656 – 15 July 1735) was a French architect-administrator, under whose design control of the royal buildings of France from 1699, the earliest notes presaging the Rococo style were introduced.
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Season (society)
The social season, or Season, has historically referred to the annual period when it is customary for members of a social elite of society to hold debutante balls, dinner parties and large charity events.
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Servants' quarters
Servants' quarters are those parts of a building, traditionally in a private house, which contain the domestic offices and staff accommodation.
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Sic
The Latin adverb sic ("thus", "just as"; in full: sic erat scriptum, "thus was it written") inserted after a quoted word or passage indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed or translated exactly as found in the source text, complete with any erroneous or archaic spelling, surprising assertion, faulty reasoning, or other matter that might otherwise be taken as an error of transcription.
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Stable
A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept.
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Steering wheel
A steering wheel (also called a driving wheel or a hand wheel) is a type of steering control in vehicles and vessels (ships and boats).
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Technology
Technology ("science of craft", from Greek τέχνη, techne, "art, skill, cunning of hand"; and -λογία, -logia) is first robustly defined by Jacob Bigelow in 1829 as: "...principles, processes, and nomenclatures of the more conspicuous arts, particularly those which involve applications of science, and which may be considered useful, by promoting the benefit of society, together with the emolument of those who pursue them".
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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
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Tile
A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, or even glass, generally used for covering roofs, floors, walls, showers, or other objects such as tabletops.
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Time (magazine)
Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.
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Trunk (luggage)
A trunk, also known as a travel trunk, is a large cuboid container designed to hold clothes and other personal belongings.
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Tunnel
A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through the surrounding soil/earth/rock and enclosed except for entrance and exit, commonly at each end.
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Ulmus americana
Ulmus americana, generally known as the American elm or, less commonly, as the white elm or water elm, is a species native to eastern North America, naturally occurring from Nova Scotia west to Alberta and Montana, and south to Florida and central Texas.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Weeping beech
The weeping beech, Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula', is a cultivar of the deciduous European beech.
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Wilhelm II, German Emperor
Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918.
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Will and testament
A will or testament is a legal document by which a person, the testator, expresses their wishes as to how their property is to be distributed at death, and names one or more persons, the executor, to manage the estate until its final distribution.
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Wine cellar
A wine cellar is a storage room for wine in bottles or barrels, or more rarely in carboys, amphorae, or plastic containers.
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Working class
The working class (also labouring class) are the people employed for wages, especially in manual-labour occupations and industrial work.
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