Naumkeag An aura of grand times and gracious living still lingers at Naumkeag. This 26-room gabled mansion, designed by Stanford White in 1885, was the summer home of Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917), noted attorney and ambassador to England at the turn of the century. The rooms contain the Choate family's outstanding collection of Chinese export porcelain, antique furniture, elegant rugs and tapestries. The gardens, designed in part by landscape architect Fletcher Steele, rank among the loveliest in America. At Naumkeag, time has stood still. Visitors will find the grounds and period rooms a brilliant reflection of the Gilded Age.
|
