Linden Place Mansion

Linden Place Mansion

Website: http://www.lindenplace.org/

 (401) 253-0390

 (401) 253-4106

 500 Hope Street, Bristol, RI 02809

Linden Place mansion built in 1810 by the seafaring General George DeWolf, is open for visitors from May 2nd until October 11th, during the month of December, or by appointment.

Guided tours of the estate, featured in the film The Great Gatsby with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, will be given May through Columbus Day, Thursday – Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and occasional Sundays. Tours by appointment are available November through April by calling 401-253-0390.

Please note: hours do vary on weekends according to special events being held at Linden Place. Please call ahead to confirm that tours are being conducted. Tours by appointment are available during the winter months. Call 253-0390 to schedule a tour.

Tour highlights include tales of DeWolf family exploits, from their privateering and slave trading to their financial ruin and triumphant return to prosperity during Victorian times. Docents introduce visitors to family members Pomeroy Colt, founder of United States Rubber, now Uniroyal, his mother Theodora DeWolf Colt, who as Madam Colt ran Bristol Society from Linden Place as if she was Queen Victoria and the great actress Ethel Barrymore who married in to this most prominent of American families. At the tour's end, visitors are welcome to stroll the sculpture-filled gardens where they will find Greek bronzes and an 18th Century gazebo.