<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Rosecliff.Dave Hansen – The Preservation Society of Newport County</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Rosecliff in Newport, Rhode Island, was built for a silver heiress during the Gilded Age.</li><li>It measures 28,800 square feet and features 30 rooms, including Newport's largest ballroom.</li></ul><p>During the <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gilded-age-historic-mansion-photos-2024-5">Gilded Age</a>, Rosecliff in Newport, Rhode Island, was the summer home of Theresa "Tessie" Fair Oelrichs, a silver heiress.</p><p>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."</p><p>When she married Hermann Oelrichs in 1890, Fair gave the couple $1 million as a wedding gift. They commissioned an architect named Stanford White in 1899 to build a summer cottage, and Rosecliff was completed in 1902.</p><p>During her summers at Rosecliff, Oelrichs hosted guests for a fairytale-themed dinner and booked magician Harry Houdini for one of her famous parties.</p><p>Rosecliff is one of several <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gilded-age-mansion-vanderbilt-rhode-island-breakers-photos-2024-8">Gilded Age mansions</a> in Newport that have been preserved and turned into museums, and it still functions as an event space in addition to a historical site. Take a look inside.</p>