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Harle Tinney is accomplished artist, lecturer, historian, musician, actress, and antiquarian. Currently living in Middleton, Rhode Island, she remains Belcourt’s longest tenant and owner.

Take a private tour of one of Bellevue Avenue’s most famous, privately-owned mansions dubbed “Belcourt Castle” by the Tinney family.

Packed with over 100 color illustrations, this book covers 100 years of the mansions history in Newport Rhode Island. Your guide is Harle Tinney – the woman who lived there and nurtured the concept of “Belcourt Castle” for 52 years.

“Belcourt Castle in the Gilded Age and Beyond

Belcourt Castle has been one of the crown jewels of world- famous Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. Author Harle Tinney knows the house like the palm of her hand, because she resided there longer than any other owner including the Belmonts who built it, Harold Vanderbilt, Defender of the America’s Cup, and the Lorillards who began the Newport Jazz Festival. Harle is the last survivor of the Tinney Family who bravely saved Belcourt from the wrecker’s ball in 1956.

“Belcourt Castle: Milestones and Memories” has one-hundred well-illustrated pages. Readers can tour spectacular rooms and experience the castle’s rich century of lavish festivals, weddings, inspiring concerts, and charity extravaganzas. Books on the history of Newport which include stories of Belcourt Castle now have the complement of an up-to-date insider’s view of Belcourt Castle’s special role in the City by the Sea. The reader takes a private tour of one of Bellevue Avenue’s most exotic mansions which the Tinney Family called Belcourt Castle. Harle Tinney herself is the guide as she resided in the sixty-room castle for 52 years. Her stories are filled with fascinating images of Newport mansions, existing old ruins, and the extraordinary people who left a mark in social history. A definite must-read for those curious about Newport society, the Gilded Age through the Jazz Age.”