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Kykuit ( / ˈkaɪkət / KY-kət ), [ 3][ 4] known also as the John D. Rockefeller Estate, is a 40-room historic house museum in Pocantico Hills, a hamlet in the town of Mount Pleasant, New York 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City. The house was built for oil tycoon and Rockefeller family patriarch John D. Rockefeller.
The LaLaurie mansion, from a 1906 postcard. Marie Delphine Macarty or MacCarthy (March 19, 1787 – December 7, 1849), more commonly known as Madame Blanque or, after her third marriage, as Madame LaLaurie, was a New Orleans socialite and serial killer who was believed to have tortured and murdered enslaved people in her household.
Added to NRHP. October 18, 1974. Waverly Mansion is a historic home located at Marriottsville in Howard County, Maryland, USA. It was built circa 1756, and is a -story Federal style stone house, covered with stucco, with a hyphen and addition that date to circa 1811. Also on the property are a small -story stone overseer's cottage and a 2-story ...
A second attempt to auction the family home of Myanmar's imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi failed on Thursday after no bidders showed up, likely deterred by the court-ordered asking price ...
Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens. / 41.11861°N 81.55139°W / 41.11861; -81.55139. Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (70 acres) is a historic house museum in Akron, Ohio. The estate includes gardens, a greenhouse, carriage house, and the main mansion, one of the largest houses in the United States. [ 2] A National Historic Landmark, it is nationally ...
List of largest houses in the United States. This is a list of the 100+ largest extant and historic houses in the United States, ordered by area of the main house. The list includes houses that have been demolished, houses that are currently under construction, and buildings that are not currently, but were previously used as private homes.
Glensheen, the Historic Congdon Estate is a 20,000 [ 2] square foot mansion in Duluth, Minnesota, United States, operated by the University of Minnesota Duluth as a historic house museum. Glensheen sits on 12 acres of waterfront property on Lake Superior, has 39 rooms and is built in the Jacobean architectural tradition, inspired by the Beaux ...
Antilia is the residence of billionaire Mukesh Ambani and his family. [ 3] It is located on Billionaires' Row in Mumbai, India. [ 4] Built from 2006 to 2010 at a cost of nearly USD 2 billion, [ 2][ 5][ 6][unreliable source] it was valued at USD 4.6 billion in 2023. [ 7] It is one of the most expensive house or residence in India.