Elevation toward Polo Grounds, Clubhouse, Newport, Rhode Island and Golf Club
Medium
architecture
Classification
architecture
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough
Accession Number
1941-49-3
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Step into the opulent world of Gilded Age leisure with *Elevation toward Polo Grounds,house, Newport, Rhode and Golf Club* by Whitney Warren Jr. (4–1943), around 1896. This elevation—a precise side-view rendering—depicts a grand clubhouse in Newport, Rhode Island, toward the polo grounds of what was likely an elite golf club. As an American architect trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition, Warren captured the era's blend of sport and splendor, where the nation's wealthiest families summered in seaside mansions. Newport in the 1890s was America's playground for tycoons like the Vanderbilts, who e...