11 historic mansions from HBO's 'The Gilded Age' that you can visit in real life
However, visitors of all economic brackets can visit many of the historic opulent estates that serve as film sets for HBO's show " The Gilded Age."
The show shoots at real mansions from the time period, many of which are now museums, to create authentic portrayals of the characters' exorbitant wealth.
Season three of "The Gilded Age" premieres June 22 on HBO.
Here are 11 Gilded Age mansions where the show filmed that offer tours of their magnificent properties.
"If you visualize the setting lit by the gas of the period, it would have given you the impression of being outdoors at sunset," Paul Miller, a curator at Rosecliff, said of the ceiling painting in the audio tour.
A French sculptor named mile Guillemin created the bronze statues on either side of the staircase, and the painting on the stairway depicts the biblical Tree of Life."What we have here is a perfect example of how no surface would go untouched by an artistic hand," Leslie Jones, the director of museum affairs and chief curator at the Preservation Society, said in the audio tour. "So it really is an example of how this house is a work of art itself."The stairwell also appeared as part of Mamie Fish's house in New York City in HBO's "The Gilded Age."
Hunter House was originally built in 1748. Hunter House actually dates back to the colonial times, generations before the Gilded Age began. It even played a role in the Revolutionary War as the headquarters for the French fleet, per The Preservation Society of Newport County.Keeping Hunter House in good shape led to the creation of the Preservation Society in 1945, per the Society's website.There are guided tours held daily (excluding Sundays and Mondays) from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
On the show, one of the sitting rooms is used as lawyer Tom Raikes' office. In the show, Raikes' office is in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It's one of the first non-New York City locations we see on the show.
Belcourt was built in 1894 for the socialite Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont in Rhode Island. This 50,000-square-feet, 60-room summer home was modeled after King Louis XIII's hunting lodge at Versailles.The property was known for its extensive stables and carriage space, which makes sense: You may recognize his last name from the Belmont Stakes, the annual horse race in Elmont, New York, that was named for his father, August Belmont Sr.Belcourt is open for both guided tours during the day and candlelight walks and ghost tours in the evenings.
Westbrook was built in 1886 in the Tudor Revival style. Inside, there are 60 rooms (and 20 fireplaces).Westbrook's main draw, though, is its gardens. The house is now located inside the Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park, which is home to 691 acres of plants, trails, and more.There are separate guided tours of the arboretum and Westbrook available seasonally. There's also the Hidden Oak Caf, which is located inside Westbrook and offers the option to take "Victorian Tea," complete sandwiches, scones, and tea.
It was used during season one of the show. The Cuttings were part of the famed "Four Hundred" list, which was published by The New York Times in the 1890s. It named the 400 most socially acceptable people living in New York City.So, even though only their house has popped up on the show, the real Cutting family could too.
The Glenview Mansion was built in the 1870s in Yonkers, a city in Westchester County, New York. It was built for the financier John Bond Trevor, who was partners with James Boorman Colgate (yes, of those Colgates).After the Trevors sold the home to the city of Yonkers, it became part of the Hudson River Museum, which is still open today.
The interior of Glenview was used as the interior of Mrs. Astor's home. The entry staircase at Glenview has appeared multiple times throughout the show.
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