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Maymont, an American estate, text by Dale Cyrus Wheary

eng

Includes bibliographical references

mapsillustrations

no index present

non fiction

Maymont, an American estate

bibliography

907094369

text by Dale Cyrus Wheary

"'Maymont: An American Estate' is the first book to present the full story of the Dooleys’ and their Richmond home in all its Gilded Age glory. The 80-page publication, available in hardcover and softcover editions, recounts the early lives of the Dooleys and their years at Maymont, and provides vivid descriptions of the mansion’s interiors, the extensive collection of original furnishings, the gardens, grounds, and estate buildings. It also covers the estate’s early years as a public museum and park managed by the City of Richmond from 1926 to 1975, and brings the story up to the present day, now under the care of Maymont Foundation, the nonprofit which has operated, maintained, and preserved the property since 1975."--, Maymont website"During the Gilded Age of the late 1880s through the 1910s—the era of Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt—American millionaires displayed their prosperity by building and decorating impressive homes. In 1893 Richmond-born financier James Henry Dooley and his wife, Sallie May Dooley, added to those prestigious residences with their 100-acre country estate, Maymont. The Dooleys spent three decades filling its sumptuous interiors with treasures from around the world and establishing Maymont’s magnificent gardens, landscape, and architecture. They bequeathed Maymont, completely intact, to the City of Richmond for its use as a public museum and park. Today, Maymont stands out as an unusually complete example of a Gilded Age estate. The residence, gardens, and grounds remain very much as they were during the Dooleys’ years, while the restored servant areas present the upstairs-downstairs lifestyle of the times."--, Scala Arts Publishers, Inc. website

Welcome -- Maymont ; A Gilded Age showplace -- James and Sallie Dooley -- The Maymont mansion -- Domestic workplace -- Estate landscape and gardens -- Estate buildings -- From private residence to public museum and park -- Maymont today -- Maymont estate map