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Belcourt TimeLine
1890 |
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont inherits millions from father August Belmont |
1891 - 94 |
Oliver builds Belcourt with architect Richard Morris Hunt |
1895 |
Oliver occupies Belcourt; death of Hunt |
1896 |
Oliver marries Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt |
1908 |
Oliver died from infection of appendix |
1907 - 14 |
Alva redesigns first floor of Belcourt with architect John Russell Pope |
1933 |
Alva dies in France |
1940 |
Belcourt sold out of Belcourt family by Oliver's brother Perry |
1955 |
Oliver's parents August & Caroline Belmont's summer cottage, By-the-Sea, demolished |
1955 - 56 |
Newport Jazz festivals held at Belcourt by the Lorillards |
1956 |
Belcourt purchased by the Tinney family |
1957 |
Belcourt opens for first tours |
1965 |
Main entrance to Belcourt reversed to face Bellevue Avenue |
1966 - 69 |
Tinneys build Gold Coronation Coach; convert loggia to French salon |
1969 |
Royal Arts Foundation founded by Tinneys |
1975 |
Tinneys create their Family Chapel |
1992 |
First outing of the Gold Coronation Coach for rededication of Bellevue Ave. |
1994 |
Second outing of the Gold Coronation Coach for 100th anniversary of building of Belcourt |
2007 |
50th anniversary of the opening of Belcourt Castle to the public as a museum |
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Last modified:
August 6, 2007