NEWPORT, April 10. -- The handsome new bedstead for Mr. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., which was made in New York for use at "Belvoir," has arrived. View Full Article in Timesmachine ...

NEWPORT, R.I., Feb. 6. -- Commodore James of the New York Yacht Club, who recently purchased Belvoir, on Beacon Hill Road, and added additional land to the estate, has about completed his plans ...

But during the Second Gilded Age of the 1990s and 2000s, Newport seemed to get left behind. Its aging oceanfront estates became museums and the objects of "mansion tours" for gawking visitors.