A modest, 2,100-acre summer retreat There were Newport and Bar Harbor, of course, seaside vacation spots where wealthy Americans turned summer into a verb in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There they had their huge show-off houses, their carriages, and, later, their automobiles, their servants, and their clothes. They also were part of an active social circuit, partying from the beginning of the season to its exhausting ...
July 6, 2013 - Journal Inquirer