The Seeing Eye, Inc. – The 2011 Seeing Eye® Annual Online Auction
Auction Ends: May 12, 2011 10:00 PM EDT

Recreation

Newport Mansions Experience - Five House Tours for Two Plus DVD

Item Number
291
Estimated Value
100 USD
Sold
104 USD to lindaclewis
Number of Bids
17  -  Bid History

Item Description

The winning bidder and a guest will be invited to tour five historic Newport Mansions in scenic Newport, Rhode Island.

The Newport Mansions Experience ticket provides admission to any five houses of your choice for two people. Choose from The Breakers, Chateau-sur-Mer, The Elms, Marble House, Rosecliff, Green Animals, Kingscote, Chepstow and Isaac Bell House. 

Newport Mansions DVD:  This 36-minute film highlights all the Preservation Society properties in beautiful full-color.

Item Special Note

The Preservation Society of Newport County is a private non-profit institution dedicated to historic preservation. Its properties,represent more than 250 years of social and architectural history in the city that was America's First Resort. Colonial, Victorian, the Gilded Age - Newport has it all.

Some of the Preservation Society's properties are open seasonally, so please check the schedule below to determine which properties will be open at the time of your planned visit.   All properties are closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

The Preservation Society's Mission: Great Houses connect people to a nation’s heritage and open windows to another age. The Preservation Society of Newport County is a non-profit organization whose mission is to protect, preserve, and present an exceptional collection of house museums and landscapes in one of the most historically intact cities in America. These sites exemplify three centuries of the finest achievements in American architecture, decorative arts, and landscape design spanning the Colonial era to the Gilded Age.