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- The Elms in Newport, Rhode Island, was the Berwind family's summer home.
- Edward Julius Berwind made his fortune as a coal tycoon who powered railroads during the Gilded Age.
- Modeled after a French château, the home features French furniture and an impressive art collection.
In 1901, Gilded Age coal magnate Edward Julius Berwind and his wife, Sarah Herminie Berwind, spent $1.4 million, or around $28 million today, to build a summer home in Newport, Rhode Island.
It was a fraction of the $31.4 million fortune he left when he died in 1936 — around $774 million in today's dollars.