Harkness Holiday House Rhode Island
She reportedly paid in cash.
Harkness holiday house rhode island. The couple married in 1947 and purchased the seaside rhode island home that taylor now owns and named it holiday house after william harkness death rebekah s spent his fortune living a lavish. Neighbors were concerned about fans and paparazzi. In 2015 rhode island governor gina raimondo proposed a tax on second homes in the state worth over 1 million which quickly became known as the taylor swift tax inspired by that watch.
The property spans 5 23 acres and is said to be the highest point of direct waterfront land on the entire eastern. Holiday house taylor swift s mansion in rhode island. Like harkness her arrival caused a stir.
The last great american dynasty details the previous owners of the property most notably rebekah harkness the widow of standard oil heir william hale harkness with whom she picked out a home and called in holiday house. Swift bought harkness s rhode island holiday house in 2013. View this post on instagram a post.
In the lower right located on the high hill which was once an indian lookout post lies the elegant holiday house summer cottage of mrs. Just like with swift s cornelia street rental apartment this rhode island mansion has also been written and sung about on her most recent album. Back in 2013 taylor swift paid a whopping 17 75 million for the 8 bedroom mansion along with 700 feet of shoreline in rhode island.
It was also infuriatingly to the neighbors a place for the harkness ballet dancers to practice on the lawn. The long pond studio sessions swift shared that she had been wanting to write a song about harkness since 2013 the year she purchased the watch hill rhode. Harkness inherited her late husband s watch hill rhode island manse which was known by friends family and distinguished celebrity guests think howard hughes and salvador dalĂ as the holiday house.
Because of their wealth and love for the lavish lifestyle the harkness couple purchased the mansion in watch hill ri which they nicknamed the holiday house.