List of Gilded Age mansions

Gilded Age mansions were lavish houses built between 1870 and the early 20th century by some of the richest people in the United States.These estates were raised by the nation's industrial, financial and commercial elite, who amassed great fortunes in era of expansion of the tobacco, railroad, steel, and oil industries coinciding with a lack of both governmental regulation and the absence of a personal income tax.The manor homes and city seats were designed by prominent architects of the day and decorated with antiquities, furniture, and works of art from the world over.Many of the wealthy had undertaken grand tours of Europe, during which they admired the estates of the nobility.Concentrations of such homes developed in the financial centers and resorts of the Northeast, the industrial heartland of the Upper Midwest, and in the rapidly expanding regions of the West Coast, with vacation homes also appearing prominently in Florida.
Built for a Vanderbilt family heir, Biltmore is the largest home in the United States
Built for another Vanderbilt family heir, The Breakers , a Newport, Rhode Island seaside mansion epitomizes the Gilded Age mansion era with its opulence and size
Vanderbilt familyBiltmoreThe BreakersNewport, Rhode IslandGilded Agemansionsgrand toursnobilityQueen AnneGeorge Franklin BarberMobileRosson HousePhoenixHeritage SquareHornibrook HouseLittle RockPart of Governor's Mansion Historic DistrictMorey HouseRedlandsStimson HouseRichardsonian RomanesqueGothic RevivalLos AngelesSisters of St. Joseph of CarondeletSamuel Newsom and Joseph Cather NewsomCurlett & EissenGovernor's Mansion-Gallatin houseSecond EmpireSacramentoLeland Stanford MansionRalston HallVictorianItalianate VillaHenry CleavelandBelmontNotre Dame de Namur UniversityMcDonald MansionStick/EastlakeSanta RosaWalt DisneyPollyannaGothicItalianateSan FranciscoJames C FloodMark Hopkins MansionWright & Sanders1906 San Francisco earthquakeDavid B ColtonNeo-classicalCollis Potter HuntingtonLeland StanfordCharles CrockerCurlett & CuthbertsonWilliam Henry CrockerJames C. Flood MansionAugustus LaverWillis PolkPacific-Union ClubHaas-Lilienthal HouseAimee CrockerSarah Winchester HouseSarah WinchesterSan JoseCarson MansionEurekaGamble HouseBungalowAmerican Craftsman styleArts and Crafts MovementGreene & GreenePasadenaBack to the FutureHuntington ResidenceMediterranean RevivalMyron HuntSan MarinoHenry E. HuntingtonHearst CastleSpanish Colonial RevivalJulia MorganSan SimeonWilliam Randolph HearstFiloliGeorgian RevivalWoodsideNational Trust for Historic PreservationCarolandsBeaux-ArtsClassicismErnest SansonHillsboroughRichthofen CastleTudor RevivalMaurice BiscoeJacques BenedictMontclair, Denvervon RichthofenMolly Brown HouseQueen Anne RevivalWilliam A. LangDenverJ.J. BrownMolly BrownTheodore Davies BoalGrant–Humphreys MansionNeoclassicalJames Benton GrantRedstone CastleStick styleRedstoneJohn Cleveland OswoodCrawford Hill MansionFrench Renaissance RevivalCrawford HillIranistanMoorishLeopold EldlitzBridgeportP.T BarnumItaliananteLockwood–Mathews MansionRenaissanceDetlef LienauNorwalkStick VictorianSamuel Clemens House (Mark Twain)Victorian GothicEdward Tuckerman PotterHartfordRomanesqueGreenwichHenry Osborne HavemeyerLauder Greenway EstateFrench RenaissanceAndrew CarnegieCarrere & HastingsElias Cornelius BenedictColonial RevivialFlagg & ChambersFairfieldOliver Gould JenningsConyers FarmsEnglish RevivalDonn BarberEdmund C ConversePercy Avery RockefellerRaynal Cawthorne BollingMarion CastleHunt & HuntStamfordFrank J. MarionNemoursFrench NeoclassicalCarrère and HastingsWilmingtonNemours FoundationChristian Heurich MansionRichardson RomanesqueWashington, DCHistorical Society of WashingtonTownsend HouseBeaux ArtsCosmos ClubWalsh-McLean HouseEmbassy of IndonesiaAnderson HouseLartz AndersonSociety of the CincinnatiPerry Belmont HouseErnest-Paul SansonOrder of the Eastern StarEdward Hamlin Everett HouseGeorge Oakley Totten Jr.Turkish embassyPatterson MansionStanford WhiteRobert Wilson PattersonLeiter MansionColonial RevivalTheophilus Parsons Chandler JrLevi LeiterBlaine MansionJohn FraserJames G BlaineStewart's CastleAdolph ClaussWilliam Morris StewartChateusqueAlexander Graham BellEdson BradleyCharles S FairchildGeorge HearstVilla ZoraydaMoorish RevivalFranklin W SmithSt. AugustineWhitehallPalm BeachStandard OilHenry Morrison FlaglerThe CasementsOrmond BeachJohn D RockefellerVilla VizcayaBaroqueF. Burrall HoffmanPaul ChalfinDiego SuarezEl MirasolAddison Cairns MiznerEdward Townsend StotesburyRockefeller CottageShingleJekyll IslandWilliam RockefellerJekyll Island MuseumThe GreyfieldCumberland IslandDungenessThomas M CarnagiePlum OrchardClassical RevivalPeabody and StearnsCumberland Island National SeashoreRhodes HallWillis F DennyAtlantaAmos Giles RhodesGeorgia Trust for Historic PreservationWilliam H ParkinsJohn H JamesGeorgia Governor's MansionSolon Spencer BemanChicagoJohn J. Glessner HouseRichardsonianHenry Hobson RichardsonMarshall FieldRichard Morris HuntBurnham & RootCyrus McCormickEdith Rockefeller McCormickFerdinand PeckWilliam LeBaron JenneyGeorge PullmanWilliam Wallace Kimball HouseChâteauesqueUnited States Soccer FederationNickerson HouseLate VictorianBurling & WhitehouseRichard H. Driehaus MuseumFranklin MacVeighHH RochardsonHenry Ives CobbsCharles B FarwellPalmer MansionHenry Ives CobbCharles Sumner FrostIL. Hegeler Carus MansionWilliam W. BoyingtonLaSalleTippecanoe PlaceSouth BendClement StudebakerRomanesque RevivalIndianapolisC.R Joy HouseKeokukFred B. Sharon HouseDavenportJ. Monroe Parker–Ficke HousePalmer College of ChiropracticJohn Peirce MansionSioux CityConrad-Caldwell HouseArthur LoomisLouisvilleMorse-Libby HouseHenry AustinPortlandReverie CoveFrederick Lincoln SavageBar HarborAbram HewittOak HallBenjamin MarshallNorthportEast of EdenGuy LowellHighseasEvergreen Museum & LibraryBaltimorePeabody & StearnsBostonBull MansionCalvert VauxWorcesterKragsyde Mansion, George Nixon Black Jr. HouseManchester by the seaElm CourtShingle styleNaumkeagStockbridgeTrustees of ReservationsOronoqueWilliam Henry MillerSearles CastleRenaissance RevivalMcKim, Mead & WhiteGreat BarringtonJohn Dewey AcademyBorden HouseFall RiverAndrew BordenLizzie BordenWheatleighVentfort HallJacobean RevivalRotch & TildenShadow Brook FarmH. Neill WilsonCharles BrighamGiraud FosterThe MountOgden Codman Jr.Francis L.V. HoppinBeatrix FarrandEdith WhartonIsabella Stewart Gardner HouseWillard T. SearsIsabella Stewart Gardner MuseumNorthfield ChateauBruce PriceNorthfieldPrides CrossingHenry Clay FrickBellefontaine MansionCanyon RanchHenry T BrushDetroitWilliam E BoeingElijah MyersHenry P. BaldwinGordon W LloydThomas W. PalmerWilliam H. Wells HouseWilliam H. MillerMason & RiceBrush ParkMeadow Brook HallWilliam E. KappSmith, Hinchman & GryllsRochester HillsRansom Gillis HouseVenetian GothicHenry T. BrushGeorge D. MasonFranklin H. Walker HouseNeo-JacobeanCharles Lang Freer HouseWilson EyreWayne State UniversityCol. Frank J. Hecker HouseLouis KamperDavid Whitney HouseGordon W. LloydStatler HotelJohn Stoughton NewberryFrench RenassaiceAlpheus W. ChittendenEnglish Tudor RevivalHenry P. KirbyRussell A. Alger Jr. HouseItalian Renaissance RevivalCharles Adam PlattGrosse Pointe FarmsGrosse Pointe CommunitiesGrosse Pointe ShoresAlbert KahnGrosse PointeHorace E DodgeHorace TraumbauerAnna Thompson DodgeDodge Brothers CompanyGrosse Pointe ParkFair LaneBaronialPrairieJoseph N. FrenchMarion Mahony GriffinFrank Lloyd WrightJens JensenDearbornHenry FordFord Motor CompanyDarius B. MoonLansingRansom Eli OldsOldsmobile Motor WorksJames J. Hill HouseSaint PaulMinnesota Historical SocietyGlensheen MansionClarence H. Johnston Sr.DuluthUniversity of Minnesota Duluthhistoric house museumAbraham RatcliffeSaint Paul CathedralGeorgianHarrie T. LindebergLake MinnetonkaJohn S. PillsburyE Townsend MixMinneapolisWilliam WashburnVan Dusen MansionEdgard E JoralemonGeorge Washington Van DusenTurnblad MansionSwan TurnbladAmerican Swedish InstituteMarshall & FoxCharles Gilbert GatesLongwoodOctagonalSamuel SloanNatchezHaller Nuttcivil warColonialHazlehurstSt JosephHarvey M. Vaile MansionAsa B. CrossIndependenceRobert A. Long HouseBeaux-Arts styleHenry Ford HoitKansas CityMack B. Nelson HouseSamuel Cupples HouseSt. LouisW. A. Clark MansionMoss MansionEnglish RenaissanceHenry Janeway HardenberghBillingsJ. Harper Smith MansionHigh VictorianFrank L. BodineHorace TrumbauerSomervilleJ. Harper SmithGlenmontHenry Hudson HollyWest OrangeThomas EdisonElberonCornelius K. GarrisonSalomon R GuggenheimLambert CastlemedievalPatersonFlorhamEnglish Baroque RevivalFrederick Law OlmstedMadisonFlorham ParkFairleigh Dickinson UniversityGeorgian CourtLakewoodGeorgian Court UniversityGeorge B. PostBernardsvilleMike TysonRutherfurd HallWhitney WarrenOlmsted BrothersAllamuchy TownshipAllamuchy School DistrictWest Long BranchJohn A McCallBlairsdenPeapack-GladstoneSisters of St. John the BaptistDarlington ManorJames BriteMahwahGeorge CrockerKrueger MansionNewarkWoodburyBeechwoodFederalR. H. RobertsonWilliam Welles BosworthBriarcliff ManorArmour-Stiner HouseEclecticOctagon ModeIrvingtonSherman D Phelps HouseIsaak G PerryBinghamtonGen. Edward F. Jones HouseEdward F. JonesMills MansionGreek RevivalMcKim, Mead, and WhiteStaatsburgOgden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State ParkLyndhurstAlexander Jackson DavisTarrytownWildersteinJoseph Burr TiffanyRhinebeckGreenportFrederic Edwin ChurchGlenviewCharles W. ClintonYonkersHudson River MuseumSagamore HillLamb and RichCove NeckPresidentTheodore RooseveltStaten IslandAnson Phelps StokesCarleton IslandCastle RockGarrisonIdle HourOakdaleRockwood HallElizabethanGervase WheelerMount Pleasantsecond-largest house in the U.S.Reid HallPurchaseWhitelaw ReidManhattanville CollegeYaddo MansionWilliam Halsey WoodSaratoga SpringsSpencer Traskartists' communityEstherwoodDobbs FerryThe Masters SchoolWoodleaSleepy Hollow Country ClubAlexander Brown HouseGordon WrightSyracuseH.H RichardsonBuffaloHerbert C. BurdettBrookholtJohn Russell PopeEast MeadowIndian Neck HallErnest FlaggSt. John's UniversityLong IslandGold Coast MansionsJacobeanT. Henry RandallTuxedo ParkHenry Morgan TilfordHyde ParkNational Park ServiceEnglish CountryRichard Howland HuntDowling CollegeWaldheimOlmstead BrothersScarborough-on-HudsonHarbor HillRoslynHarry E. Donnell HouseEatons NeckWestburyHerman B. DuryeaBoldt CastleGW & WD HewittAlexandria BayGeorge BoldtLaurelton HallArt NouveauLouis Comfort TiffanyLaurel HollowWestbury HouseCarolean RevivalGeorge A. CrawleyOld Westburyhouse museumWebb Horton MansionMiddletownSUNY OrangeWelwynBabb, Cook & WillardDelano & AldrichGlen CoveHolocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau CountyHarrimanEdward Henry HarrimanHempstead HouseSands PointHoward GouldDaniel GuggenheimKykuitPocantico HillsDuPont-Guest EstateBrookvilleNew York Institute of TechnologyWoolworth EstateItalian RenaissanceGilbert, Charles P.H.Beacon TowersOheka CastleWest HillsHistoric Hotels of AmericaInisfadaJohn T. WindrimNorth HillsLillian Sefton Dodge EstateClinton and RussellMill NeckPoplar HillCharles A. PlattWilliam H. Vanderbilt HouseJohn B. SnookCharles B. AtwoodNew York CityWilliam Henry VanderbiltCornelius Vanderbilt IIIGrace VanderbiltWilliam K. Vanderbilt HouseWilliam Kissam VanderbiltAlva VanderbiltVillard HousesNew York Palace HotelGeorge B PostCornelius Vanderbilt II HouseCornelius Vanderbilt IIAlice VanderbiltFlorence VanderbiltEliza VanderbiltIsaac Vail BrokawFrench GothicJames Bailey HouseSamuel B. ReedJames Anthony BaileyBarnum & Bailey CircusJames Hampden Robb and Cornelia Van Rensselaer Robb HouseHenry T. Sloane HouseHenry T SloaneHamad bin Khalifa Al ThaniEmir of QatarMrs. William B. Astor HouseCaroline AstorJohn Jacob Astor IVStandford WhiteJohn D Rockefeller JrWilliam Wells BosworthGertrude Rhinelander Waldo HouseKimball & ThompsonRalph LaurenWilliam H. Moore HouseAmerica-Israel Cultural FoundationOliver Gould Jennings HouseHarry F. Sinclair HouseC. P. H. GilbertUkrainian Institute of AmericaStuyvesant Fish HouseMcKim, Mead and WhiteBloomberg PhilanthropiesBenjamin N. Duke HouseWelch, Smith & ProvotCarlos SlimAndrew Carnegie MansionCooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumJoseph Raphael De Lamar HouseRepublic of PolandConsulate GeneralJames A. Burden HouseWarren & WetmoreConvent of the Sacred HeartMorton F. Plant HouseNeo-RenaissanceRobert W. GibsonThierry W. DespontCartierFelix M. Warburg HouseJewish MuseumFrederic W. StevensWilliam SchickelCharles Tyson YerkesRH RobertsonWilliam Van Duzer LawranceElbridge Thomas GarryKnickerbocker ClubCharles Coolidge HaightCollins P HuntingtonAlexander Jackson DaviesFort Tryon ParkAlexander Turney StewartJohn KellumCharles M. Schwab HouseBuchman & FoxC.K.G. BillingsGeorge J. Gould HouseFrenchMrs. O. H. P. Belmont HouseCharles V PaternoWilliam A. Clark HouseAustin W. LordJ. Monroe HewlettHenry Clay Frick HouseFrick CollectionA.C James MansionAllen & CollensArthur Curtiss JamesWillard D. Straight HouseBruce KovnerOtto H. Kahn HousePalazzo della CancelleriaAshevilleGeorge Washington Vanderbilt IIlargest house in the U.S.Alexander Martin Smith HouseWinston-SalemWhalehead ClubCorollaJoslyn CastleProbasco HouseRomansque RevivalCincinnatiCharles H Bigelow HouseFindlaySylvester T. EverettCharles Frederick SchweinfurthClevelandSamuel AndrewsCharles F BrushSamuel Mather HouseTaft HouseJames HobanAlfred Oscar ElznerTaft Museum of ArtScarlet OaksJames Keys WilsonGeorge B. Cox HouseSamuel HannafordPublic Library of CincinnatiOld Governor's MansionFrank PackardColumbusColumbus FoundationLaurel CourtJames Gamble RogersStan Hywet HallFrank SeiberlingPinecroftDwight James BaumPowel Crosley Jr.Captain George Flavel HouseCarl W. LeickAstoriaWarren Heywood WilliamsWilliam R StokesPhiladelphiaJoseph Harrison JrElkin ParkJay CookeFrank FurnessThomas A ScottDisston MansionEdwin Forrest DurangHenry DisstonJenkintownJohn WanamakerClaytonAndrew PeeblesFrederick J. OsterlingPittsburghThe Frick PittsburghSinnott MansionSamuel Huckel Jr.Lower MerionJoseph F SinnottFrank H. Buhl MansionCharles Henry OwsleySharonFrank H. BuhlWoodmontWilliam Lightfoot PriceGladwyneAlan Wood Jr.Father DivineInternational Peace Mission movementNegley–Gwinner–Harter HouseBaywood MansionNorth BraddockCharles M. SchwabCairnwoodBryn AthynGrey TowersGlensideArcadia UniversityElstowe ManorElkins ParkLynnewood HallNeoclassical RevivalMcCook MansionHuntingdon ValleySt DevidsEastern UniversityMoreland-Hoffstot HouseWeigley MansionSchaefferstownWhitemarsh HallWyndmoorWillis G HaleKingscoteRichard UpjohnGeorge C. MasonNewportPreservation Society of Newport CountyMalbone CastleDudley NewtonDowningWilliam B AstorLarry EllisonChateau-sur-MerSeth C. BradfordWilliam Shepard WetmoreHarry Payne WhitneyGertrude Vanderbilt WhitneyBeaulieuJohn Jacob Astor IIIChepstowGeorge Champlin Mason Sr.Edmund SchermerhornGeorge Chaplain Mason SrAugust BelmontJohn Hubbard SturgisHenry ClawsWilliam King Covell III HouseMilton H. Sanfordbed and breakfastEisenhower HouseGeorge C. Mason & SonGeneralHenry Jackson HuntDwight D. EisenhowerFairholmeFairman RogersJohn R. DrexelWilliam Watts Sherman HouseH. H. RichardsonSalve Regina UniversityCharles H. Baldwin HousePotter & RobinsonU.S. NavyCharles H. BaldwinVinland EstateGeorge Chaplain Mason & CompanyAspen Hall/RockhurstCatherine Lorillard KernochanJames T WoodwardWilliam A PotterIsaac Bell HouseIsaac Bell Jr.Seaview TerraceHoward GreenleyWilliam G. Low HouseBristolHammersmith FarmHugh D. AuchinclossJacqueline KennedyRockhurstOchre CourtMarble HouseRough PointFrederick William VanderbiltNewport Restoration FoundationBelcourtNeo Italian RenaissanceBreakers mansionPierre Lorillard IVPresident's HouseNaval War CollegeRear AdmiralFrench Ensor ChadwickMedieval CastleRobert H RobertsonCharles Warren LippittVernon CourtFrench classicalNational Museum of American IllustrationThe ElmsRosecliffBaroque RevivalHowells & StokesMiramarEleanor WidenerJacques GréberBelton CourtMartin & HallBarringtonBois DoréChâteauCarolyn Mary SkellyCalhoun MansionCharlestonHill MansionMemphisNapoleon HillSterick BuildingAustinGeorge Littlefield HouseUniversity of Texas at AustinJohn Bremond HouseBishop's PalaceNicholas J ClaytonGalvestonWalter GreshamSan AntonioGardo HouseWilliam H FolsomSalt Lake CityChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsWilson CastleScottish baronialProctorHildene MansionShepley, Rutan & CoolidgeManchesterShelburne FarmsShelburneEllerslieItalian VillaColonial HeightsRoseland ManorArthur CrooksHamptonMaymontRichmondFarmvilleManor homeSmithfieldP.D. GwaltneyP. D. Gwaltney Jr. HouseGwaltney familySwannanoaNelson CountyBranch HouseOtto R. EggersAmerican Institute of ArchitectsWestbourneW. Duncan LeeCharles F. GilletteMerrywoodMcLeanJacqueline Kennedy OnassisSelma (Leesburg, Virginia)LeesburgLewis Ginter HouseHarvey L PageVirginia Commonwealth UniversityEzra Meeker MansionPuyallupPabst MansionFlemish Renaissance RevivalMilwaukeeElizabeth Plankinton HouseEdward Townsend MixWilliam Plankinton HouseJohn PlankintonLa CrosseValentin Blatzstrip mallWyoming Historic Governors' MansionGeorgian Colonial RevivalCheyenneGovernor of WyomingFenimore ChattertonAmerican architectureList of largest houses in the United StatesWayback MachineSmith, DavePacific Coast Architecture DatabaseThe TelegraphNational Register of Historic PlacesColumbus, OhioOhio University PressLibrary of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USAChicago TribuneNew YorkThe Berkshire EagleThe Star-LedgerNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic PreservationThe New York TimesSouthern Methodist UniversityMetropolitan Museum of ArtNew York PalaceWhite, NorvalAIA Guide to New York CityPittsburgh MagazinePittsburgh Post-GazettePhiladelphia InquirerCurbed PhillyTown & CountryHearst CorporationHistoric American Buildings SurveyDepartment of the InteriorProvidence JournalBusiness InsiderDaily PressThe Virginian-PilotUniversity of VirginiaLa Crosse TribuneHousing in the United StatesAlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaNevadaOklahomaVirginiaWisconsinPuerto RicoWashington, D.C.ArchitectureEvictionClimate changeHome ownershipHomelessnessSan Francisco Bay AreaHousing discriminationHousing crisisHousing insecuritySilicon ValleyOregonInstitutional investmentMortgage industryHomestead ActsSlum clearanceSubsidized housingSegregationSquattingZoningMissing middle housingParking mandatesSingle-family zoning