Talk:Beechwood (Astor mansion)

Museum

According to the article, actually. It currently says: Astors' Beechwood Mansion is a Gilded Age estate located on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. Built in 1851 for New York merchant Daniel Parrish by architects Andrew Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux, it later became the summer estate of the renowned Astor family. making zero mention of it being a museum. If it's a museum, it needs to be added in the article. I'm all for tagging it as such if it *is* a museum TRAVELLINGCARI^{My story}_{Tell me yours} 19:47, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

I have added a source (text from an image on the website) just so there is no ambiguity. All of Newport's open-to-the-public mansions, for that matter, are considered to be museums. Charles 20:41, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I don't know Newport at all. I just went by what the article said, which gave the impression it was simply a preserved, landmark house. I'll see what I can add when I get back through some of the project's articles. TRAVELLINGCARI^{My story}_{Tell me yours} 20:44, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

The history is rambling, colloquial and rather confused. Can someone tidy it up.124.197.15.138 (talk) 06:33, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

The mansion was in October 1940 sold for $ 49.500 from the grandson of Mrs. Astor to Allene Tew (1872-1955), also known as Princes Henry XXXIII Reuss, later Countess Paul Kotzebue. She sold the house on 3 May 1952 to a New Yorker. Paul Brussel (talk) 13:20, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

incorrect coordinates?

I'm pretty sure the listed geographical coordinates are wrong. The listed coordinates, 41.4609°N 71.3045°W / 41.4609; -71.3045, are of a mansion at 616-618 Bellevue Ave. I'm reasonably sure Beechwood is at 570 Bellevue Ave, which would make it 41.4634°N 71.3051°W / 41.4634; -71.3051. I can't quite figure out what the house at 616-618 actually is, so I'm not going to change the coordinates on the article just yet, but any other eyes on this would be good. —Steve Summit (talk) 14:51, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

You're right. The house at the coordinates is Beaulieu. Go ahead and make the change.--ɱ (talk · vbm) 20:01, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for confirming! Fixed.

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Moved section

The bit about the most recent owner was in the section about pop culture, moved it over to History section, did a little general tidying up in that section. ScarletRibbons (talk) 21:51, 31 December 2018 (UTC)