Dave Hansen – The Preservation Society of Newport County
- Rosecliff in Newport, Rhode Island, was built for a silver heiress during the Gilded Age.
- It measures 28,800 square feet and features 30 rooms, including Newport's largest ballroom.
- The mansion was modeled after King Louis XIV's Grand Trianon.
During the Gilded Age, Rosecliff in Newport, Rhode Island, was the summer home of Theresa "Tessie" Fair Oelrichs, a silver heiress.
Oelrichs' father, James Fair, was a Nevada senator who helped discover the Comstock Lode, the largest lode of silver ore in the US. His $40 million fortune earned him the nickname "Bonanza King," and Oelrichs became known as the "Bonanza Heiress."