474 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
Chateau-sur-Mer
The door stays shut. Turn the corner of your card and leave it in person.
HBO · Newport · the Hudson · Troy
The Gilded Age
New York, the 1880s. The new-money Russells move in across the street from old-money Agnes van Rhijn, and Bertha Russell sets out to reach the top of Manhattan society. It is a story about who receives whom. The doors the series filmed behind are real, and most of them now open to anyone. Leave your card
Where we read it
The 1880s setting; the Russells as new money and the van Rhijns as old; Bertha Russell’s climb.
William K. and Alva Vanderbilt’s house at 660 Fifth Avenue, the kind of street the show rebuilt in Troy. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (photogravure; Richard Morris Hunt, architect) · Public domainCarrie Coon (Bertha Russell) at the New York Film Festival, September 2025, after the third season. Bryan Berlin · CC BY-SA 4.0Morgan Spector (George Russell) at South by Southwest, March 2024. Jay Dixit · CC BY 4.0
The rules of calling
Leave your card.
You did not knock and walk in. You left a card and waited: a card sent back meant you could visit, silence meant you could not. A turned corner showed you had come in person rather than sending a servant. Bertha Russell’s climb is a story of doors like these. Call on eight of them.
Where we read it
By the nineteenth century a calling card, about the size of a business card with a name and sometimes an address, was how people kept or raised their place in society.
You left your card first and did not expect to be let in; a card sent back to you meant a visit would be welcome. No card, or a card in an envelope, meant it would not.
A card left with a turned corner showed you had come in person, not sent a servant.
The whole system needed servants to open the door and take the cards.
The house in the story
Mrs. Astor Her Newport cottage
Eight doors from the story. Choose one, then leave your card.
Received at 0 of 8 houses
Preservation Society of Newport County
The Newport houses
Bellevue Avenue, Newport
The Breakers, Marble House, The Elms, Chateau-sur-Mer, Rosecliff and Kingscote are run by the Preservation Society, which also publishes an episode-by-episode guide to the rooms used in the series. Times and tickets are on its site.
Plan a visit
The Chanler at Cliff Walk
The Chanler at Cliff Walk
Newport, Rhode Island
A historic house on Newport’s Cliff Walk, now a hotel of twenty rooms and villas at 117 Memorial Boulevard. Rates are on the booking page.
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Newport, Rhode Island
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One house, many houses.
The Russells’ mansion is the grandest house in the story, and it does not exist. Its rooms were filmed in three Newport houses, a library on Long Island and sets on soundstages. Open a room.
Bedrooms
Reception floor
Street floor
Below stairs
Eight rooms. Open one to see where it really is.
Not there to visit: the soundstage sets. The three Newport houses are, and their cards are below.
44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
The Breakers
Its Music Room is where the ballroom scene of the season-one finale was filmed.
Its billiard room is the Russells’ billiard room in New York, where George Russell and Alderman Morris play a game.
Richard Morris Hunt designed it for Cornelius Vanderbilt II; the 70-room house was built between 1893 and 1895.
The Preservation Society owns it and opens it all year.
A house museum open all year. The Preservation Society of Newport County runs it as a house museum; check its site for tour times and tickets before you go.
Where we read it
596 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
Marble House
Consuelo Vanderbilt’s bedroom is George Russell’s bedroom.
Bertha Russell’s dinner for the Duke of Buckingham is in its dining room, in season two, episode five, “Close Enough to Touch”.
On the set, Bertha’s own room is modelled on Alva Vanderbilt’s bedroom here, and the Russells’ staircase on its grand staircase.
It was built from 1888 to 1892 for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt, to Richard Morris Hunt’s design.
The Preservation Society of Newport County runs it as a house museum; check its site for tour times and tickets before you go.
Where we read it
367 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
The Elms
Its kitchen is the Russells’ kitchen, where their chef, butler and the other servants work and gossip.
Mrs. Berwind’s bedroom is Gladys Russell’s room.
It first plays the Russells’ Newport house in season two, episode one, “You Don’t Even Like Opera”.
Horace Trumbauer designed it for the coal baron Edward Julius Berwind; it was finished in 1901.
The Preservation Society of Newport County runs it as a house museum; check its site for tour times and tickets before you go.
Where we read it
Troy, Tarrytown, Yonkers
Fifth Avenue is in Troy.
The New York of the story was mostly found up the Hudson. Troy kept enough nineteenth-century blocks to be dressed with horses and carriages, and its bank’s concert hall became the Academy of Music. Nearer the city, Lyndhurst and Glenview lent their rooms to the Fanes and the Astors.
Washington Place and Second Street, Central Troy Historic District, Troy, New York
Washington Park and Second Street
In May 2021 the production filmed in the Central Troy Historic District, where several city blocks were made to look like a Victorian street.
In season one, five blocks of Troy were dressed with horses, carriages and extras as New York, and Washington Park stood in for Madison Square Park.
Six businessmen laid out Washington Park in 1839 on the model of London’s squares, with the park kept for residents.
Martin Scorsese used the Second Street area as 1870s Manhattan in The Age of Innocence, in 1993.
The streets round it are public; the park itself is kept for the residents of the houses on it, so see it through the railings.
Where we read it
30 Second Street, Troy, New York
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
It plays New York’s Academy of Music.
Completed in 1875 to George B. Post’s design, it is known for its acoustics and has been a National Historic Landmark since 1989.
Its Odell organ was built in 1882 for the New York financier William Belden’s house and moved into the hall in 1890.
A working concert hall above the old bank; the programme and box office are on the hall’s own site.
Where we read it
635 South Broadway, Tarrytown, New York
Lyndhurst
The Fane household was filmed inside the mansion, including scenes in its dining room and art gallery.
Its lawns were Central Park in the opening sequence; its 1894 bowling alley was rebuilt as a ferry terminal for the first episode, and its carriage house held the Globe’s offices.
Lyndhurst says George Russell was based partly on Jay Gould, its third owner.
Alexander Jackson Davis designed it in 1838; Jay Gould bought it in 1880 and kept it until he died in 1892.
A house museum and park by the Hudson; tours, hours and parking are on Lyndhurst’s site.
Where we read it
511 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers, New York
Glenview, Hudson River Museum
Glenview’s interiors played the Astors’ townhouse in season one.
The house was built in 1877 for the financier John Bond Trevor, to a design by Charles W. Clinton, with carved woodwork by Daniel Pabst.
Its period rooms appear in the series, the museum’s Wikipedia entry notes.
Glenview’s restored rooms are part of the museum; hours and tickets are on the museum’s site.
Where we read it
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
A concert at the Music Hall
Troy, New York
The hall that played New York’s Academy of Music still puts on concerts. The programme and box office are on its site.
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Lyndhurst
Lyndhurst
Tarrytown, New York
The Fanes’ house, the lawns that played Central Park and the carriage house that held the Globe. 635 South Broadway, Tarrytown; tours and hours are on Lyndhurst’s site.
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Compare toursThe calling book
Cartes de visite.
- Carrie CoonBertha Russell · 2025
Carrie Coon (Bertha Russell) at the New York Film Festival, September 2025, after the third season. Bryan Berlin · CC BY-SA 4.0 - Morgan SpectorGeorge Russell · 2024
Morgan Spector (George Russell) at South by Southwest, March 2024. Jay Dixit · CC BY 4.0 - Cynthia NixonAda Forte · 2025
Cynthia Nixon (Ada) on Broadway, March 2025. PhilipRomanoPhoto · CC BY 4.0 - Louisa JacobsonMarian Brook · 2026
Louisa Jacobson (Marian Brook) at the Met Gala, May 2026. SWinxy · CC BY 4.0 - Julian FellowesCreator · 2025
Julian Fellowes, the show’s creator, in New York, September 2025. Vbrunophotog · CC BY-SA 4.0
Julian Fellowes created the series, first announced for NBC in 2018 before it moved to HBO in 2019. Filming began in Newport in February 2021, after a delay from the pandemic; Christine Baranski plays Agnes van Rhijn and Donna Murphy plays Mrs. Astor. Season four begins on 1 November 2026.
Where we read it
Creator, network move, Newport start, pandemic delay, cast and the season-four date.
The run in figures
- 24 Jan 2022First broadcast, on HBO
- 3Seasons released
- 25Episodes
- Feb 2021Filming began in Newport
Where we read it
First broadcast, three seasons and 25 episodes; filming began in Newport in February 2021.
Carrie Coon (Bertha Russell) at the New York Film Festival, September 2025, after the third season. Bryan Berlin · CC BY-SA 4.0Morgan Spector (George Russell) at South by Southwest, March 2024. Jay Dixit · CC BY 4.0Cynthia Nixon (Ada) on Broadway, March 2025. PhilipRomanoPhoto · CC BY 4.0Louisa Jacobson (Marian Brook) at the Met Gala, May 2026. SWinxy · CC BY 4.0Julian Fellowes, the show’s creator, in New York, September 2025. Vbrunophotog · CC BY-SA 4.0
Where it was.
Where it is now
10 places you can visit: 6 in Newport, 2 in Troy and 2 on the Hudson. Washington Park is kept for its residents; see it from the street.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A house museum open all year. The Preservation Society of Newport County runs it as a house museum; check its site for tour times and tickets before you go.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The Preservation Society of Newport County runs it as a house museum; check its site for tour times and tickets before you go.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The Preservation Society of Newport County runs it as a house museum; check its site for tour times and tickets before you go.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The Preservation Society of Newport County runs it as a house museum; check its site for tour times and tickets before you go.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The Preservation Society of Newport County runs it as a house museum; check its site for tour times and tickets before you go.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The Preservation Society of Newport County runs it as a house museum; check its site for tour times and tickets before you go.
The Breakers, Newport. Lennart Tange · CC BY 2.0 44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
The Breakers
Its Music Room is where the ballroom scene of the season-one finale was filmed.
A house museum open all year. The Preservation Society of Newport County runs it as a house museum; check its site for tour times and tickets before you go.
Where we read it
Marble House, Newport. dchelyadnik@yahoo.com · Public domain 596 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
Marble House
Consuelo Vanderbilt’s bedroom is George Russell’s bedroom.
The Preservation Society of Newport County runs it as a house museum; check its site for tour times and tickets before you go.
Where we read it
The Elms from the great lawn, Newport. Daderot · CC BY-SA 3.0 367 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
The Elms
Its kitchen is the Russells’ kitchen, where their chef, butler and the other servants work and gossip.
The Preservation Society of Newport County runs it as a house museum; check its site for tour times and tickets before you go.
Where we read it
Chateau-sur-Mer, Newport. Daderot · CC BY-SA 3.0 474 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
Chateau-sur-Mer
Its exterior is Mrs. Astor’s summer house in Newport.
The Preservation Society of Newport County runs it as a house museum; check its site for tour times and tickets before you go.
Where we read it
Rosecliff, Newport. Daderot · CC BY-SA 3.0 548 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
Rosecliff
Its front is Mrs. Chamberlain’s house in Manhattan.
The Preservation Society of Newport County runs it as a house museum; check its site for tour times and tickets before you go.
Where we read it
Kingscote, Newport. Bmzuckerman · CC BY 4.0 253 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
Kingscote
It first appears as the house of the widow Mrs. Blane, in season two, episode two, “Some Sort of Trick”.
The Preservation Society of Newport County runs it as a house museum; check its site for tour times and tickets before you go.
Where we read it
Stay
A room on the Cliff Walk.
A historic house on Newport’s Cliff Walk, now a small hotel.
The Chanler at Cliff Walk
The Chanler at Cliff Walk
Newport, Rhode Island
A historic house on Newport’s Cliff Walk, now a hotel of twenty rooms and villas at 117 Memorial Boulevard. Rates are on the booking page.
See the hotelGo there
Call in person.
The Newport houses, Lyndhurst and the Music Hall, and tours round them.
Preservation Society of Newport County
The Newport houses
Bellevue Avenue, Newport
The Breakers, Marble House, The Elms, Chateau-sur-Mer, Rosecliff and Kingscote are run by the Preservation Society, which also publishes an episode-by-episode guide to the rooms used in the series. Times and tickets are on its site.
Plan a visitLyndhurst
Lyndhurst
Tarrytown, New York
The Fanes’ house, the lawns that played Central Park and the carriage house that held the Globe. 635 South Broadway, Tarrytown; tours and hours are on Lyndhurst’s site.
See LyndhurstTroy Savings Bank Music Hall
A concert at the Music Hall
Troy, New York
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Newport, Rhode Island
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Newport, Rhode Island
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Manhattan
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Take it home
A book and the score.
A guide to the society of the period, and the first-season soundtrack.
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What Would Mrs. Astor Do?
Cecelia Tichi
Cecelia Tichi’s 2018 book on the society of the period, named for Caroline Astor, whom Donna Murphy plays in the series.
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The Gilded Age: Soundtrack from the HBO Original Series
Harry Gregson-Williams · CD, 2022
Harry Gregson-Williams’s first-season score, released in March 2022.
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The card case
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
10 of 10 places · 11 of 11 Moments
The Breakers
44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
The Russell ball
The Breakers’ Music Room is the ballroom of the season-one finale.
Marble House
596 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
Dinner for a duke
Bertha Russell dines the Duke of Buckingham in the Marble House dining room.
The Elms
367 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
Below stairs
The Elms’ kitchen is the Russells’ kitchen.
The Russells’ Newport
The Elms first plays the Russells’ house in Newport.
Chateau-sur-Mer
474 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
Mrs. Astor’s Newport
Chateau-sur-Mer’s exterior is Mrs. Astor’s summer house.
Rosecliff
548 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
Mrs. Chamberlain’s door
Rosecliff’s front is Mrs. Chamberlain’s Manhattan house.
Kingscote
253 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
The widow’s house
Kingscote is Mrs. Blane’s house.
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
30 Second Street, Troy, New York
The Academy of Music
The Music Hall plays New York’s Academy of Music.
Washington Park and Second Street
Washington Place and Second Street, Central Troy Historic District, Troy, New York
New York in Troy
Troy’s blocks are dressed as New York; Washington Park is Madison Square Park.
Lyndhurst
635 South Broadway, Tarrytown, New York
At the Fanes’
Lyndhurst is the Fanes’ house, Central Park, a ferry terminal and the Globe’s offices.
Glenview, Hudson River Museum
511 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers, New York
Mrs. Astor’s New York
Glenview’s rooms are the Astors’ townhouse.