Ochre Court is the 50-room former summer "cottage" of Ogden Goelet, The building was used in the beginning scenes of the movie True Lies.
Ochre Court was built in 1892 by the architect Richard Morris Hunt for the banker and developer Ogden Goelet and his wife Mary Wilson Goelet.
The estate grounds were designed by the Olmsted Brothers.
The exterior is a Gothic-style limestone palace that borrows heavily from the detail of the great medieval chateaux of France's Loire Valley.
It includes Louis XIII style including high roofs, turrets, gargoyles and tall chimneys.
The 50-room building is also remarkable for its sweeping ocean views.
The Goelets used the estate solely for Newport's eight-week summer season.
It required 27 servants, 12 gardeners, and eight grooms and coachmen to run it during the season.
In March 2000, Ochre Court was designated as an official project by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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