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Nemours Mansion & Gardens -Wilmington, DE
Nemours is all around spectacular. It exists as a perfectly preserved piece of the Gilded Age, seemingly untouched by the hands of time. With acres of glorious gardens, and a mansion designed by Carrère and Hastings, it will exceed any grand estate expectations you may have.
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Chateau-sur-Mer- Newport, RI
Chateau-sur-Mer is the OG of opulent Newport Mansions. A predecessor to the flashier Gilded Age cottages, later renovations insured it kept up with the competition. Although not as lavish as The Breakers or palatial as Marble House, it is every bit as architecturally outstanding.
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Nathaniel Russell House- Charleston, SC
Charleston’s Nathaniel Russell house is perhaps the most impressive Federal style home in all the land. Graceful and elegant, it is a refined beauty with one of the most remarkable spiral staircases ever built.
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Middleton Place- Charleston, SC
Just a few miles from Drayton Hall’s dramatic Palladian architecture and Magnolia Plantation’s impressive bridges sits Middleton Place, home of the oldest landscaped gardens in the United States. Based on classic design principles and precise geometric measurements, it’s a perfectly proportioned garden, with symmetry, vistas, and focal points. And yet, it is the house and outbuildings that excite me at this property. Here, the ghosts of the past speak loudest through the built structures, and they all have interesting stories to tell.
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Magnolia Plantation & Gardens-Charleston, SC
A world away from downtown Charleston, Magnolia Plantation sits quietly on the banks of the Ashley River. A sprawling estate owned by the same family for three centuries, the primordial property appears frozen in time. Wild and untamed, the gardens here are like few others you will encounter in the United States.
