Beechwood (Astor mansion)

Beechwood
Beechwood
	The front of Beechwood in 2008
Alternative names	Daniel Parish House
General information
Architectural style	Italianate
Town or city	Newport, Rhode Island
Country	United States
Coordinates	41°27′48″N 71°18′18″W / 41.4634°N 71.3051°W
Completed	1853, rebuilt in 1856
Client	Daniel Parish
Owner	Larry Ellison (since 2010)
Technical details
Size	16,400 square feet (1,520 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Downing and Vaux (construction); Richard Morris Hunt (renovations); McKim, Mead & White (renovations);

Beechwood is a Gilded Age mansion and estate located at 580 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island best known for having been owned by the Astor family. Part of the Bellevue Avenue Historic District, the first version of the residence was built between 1852 and 1853 and designed in the Italianate style by Andrew Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux. Following a fire in 1855, Vaux rebuilt the house with modified plans. Richard Morris Hunt renovated the estate in 1881 after it was bought the year before by William Backhouse Astor, Jr.