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3 unusual facts about The Mansion


The Mansion

Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, a Dallas luxury hotel locally referred to as "The Mansion"

The Mansion, the official summer residence of the President of the Philippines

The Mansion, Baguio

The elaborate main gate, made of ornate ironwork, was earlier reported as a replica of one of the main gates at Buckingham Palace in London, which is false.


Fortune Faded

The song, along with "Save the Population" (another song from their Greatest Hits), was recorded at The Mansion and produced by Rick Rubin.


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Arts Educational Schools, London

The school was first based in premises at Stratford Place in London, but following the outbreak of World War II, the school was relocated to Tring in Hertfordshire, where it shared premises with the Rothschild Bank in the mansion at Tring Park.

Belcaro, Denver

The neighborhood gets its name from the mansion of Lawrence C. Phipps (1862-1958) who was a United States Senator who represented Colorado from 1919-1931.

Belleview Heights

The mansion once housed Bob Hope during 1951, and was also the site of the premiere of My Favorite Spy.

Bicton House, Devon

The mansion, with two extensive wings, held an extensive collection of art, including works by Rembrandt and Ruysdael.

Blencow

The mansion of Ennim just south of the village was the home for many years of the Conservative politician and cabinet minister William (Willie) later Viscount Whitelaw.

Brush Park

In the same year the mansion has been a movie set for the vampire film Only Lovers Left Alive, directed by Jim Jarmusch.

Castle Coole

The finely detailed decorative plasterwork throughout the mansion was entirely the work of the English artist Joseph Rose.

Catherine Cranston

In 1904 she commissioned him to carry out the redecoration and design of new furniture for the mansion of Hous'hill in Nitshill which was home to herself and her husband John Cochrane.

Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion

The mansion has been featured in various films including the 1993 Oscar-winning French film "Indochine" starring Catherine Deneuve, 'The Red Kebaya', "Road to Dawn', '3rd Generation' and the critically acclaimed 'The Blue Mansion' in 2009 by Singapore Director Glen Goei of 'Forever Fever' fame.

David Wittig

He then purchased and renovated the mansion of former Kansas governor Alf Landon, the 1936 presidential nominee of the Republican Party.

Dey Mansion

During his stay Washington and his advisers which included Alexander Hamilton, Robert H. Harrison, Tench Tilghman, David Humphreys and James McHenry used the four rooms on the eastern side of the mansion for their bedrooms as well as their military war rooms.

Ebenezer Mill

The mill sits on the banks of Ten Mile Creek (originally Sinking Creek) on the site of what was once the "Mansion Mill," a smaller gristmill built circa 1835 for the McClung estate.

Edgar William Brown

Likewise, Lamar University at Orange has benefited from the Linden estate (now known as the Brown Estate) consisting of the mansion and its sixty-two acres that is used as an educational center.

Erlacherhof

It was the son of Hieronymus von Erlach, Albrecht Friedrich von Erlach, who gave order to complete the mansion, most probably with the help of the sculptor Johann August Nahl.

Former Residence of Gan Xi

There is a well-known claim that the Forbidden City, the largest imperial palace complex, contains 9,999 and a half rooms, and that the largest mandarin estate, namely the Mansion of Confucius’ Descendants in Qufu, supposedly comprised 999 and a half rooms.

Fourways

The mansion now serves Fourways as Norscot Manor Recreation Centre, the majority of it being a library, but also encompassing an art gallery, lessons for children in Irish & Highland dancing, Ballet, Biodanza, Indian and Modern dancing as well as Judo and Karate, a playground and a tea garden.

G. Lloyd Preacher

Rainbow Terrace in Druid Hills, Atlanta, the mansion built for Lucy Candler Heinz, daughter of Coca-Cola founder Asa Griggs Candler

George James Symons

He sat on the council of the Social Science Association in 1878, and on the jury of the Health Exhibition in 1884; was registrar to the Sanitary Institute from 1880 to 1895, and drew up a report on the 1884 Colchester earthquake for the Mansion House committee.

Hegeler Carus Mansion

Completed in 1876 for Edward C. Hegeler, a partner in the nearby Matthiessen Hegeler Zinc Company, the mansion was designed in 1874 by noted Chicago architect William W. Boyington.

House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute

The mansion comes with a platinum colored Mercedes-Benz 430 and, although Uncle Charles has told him not to drive the car or have people over, Jon Jon wastes no time in doing both; Jon Jon is not only having an "entertainment party", but he's auditioning his hip-hop band (IMx) for a record executive.

Hoyt Sherman

The mansion, now known as Hoyt Sherman Place, lent its name to the surrounding Des Moines neighborhood of Sherman Hill.

John Aston Warder House

The mansion served as the homestead of John Aston Warder, who is regarded as the "father of American forestry".

Kimberly Crest

Prior to the conversion to a museum, the mansion served as one of the filming locations for the 1981 movie Hell Night, starring Linda Blair.

LSWR suburban lines

Using compressed air and the Greathead tunnelling shield, the line was constructed in twin tubes, passing under the River Thames and terminating at the Mansion House, in a common station provided by the Central London Railway.

Marie Henrieta Chotek

In 1813 Jozef Brunswick asked architect Anton Pius Riegel to procure several old statues from Rome for the ornamentation of the mansion and of the park, in order to enhance its classical appearance.

Mårten Triewald

The mansion located in the southwestern part of Kungsholmen that Triewald bought in 1739, Triewalds malmgård, still exists and carries his name.

Moran State Park

The mansion's music room is home to a 1913 34-rank Aeolian pipe organ and 1900 Steinway grand piano, both of which are still played for visitors today by the musician, Christopher Peacock.

Morris–Jumel Mansion

Between September 14 and October 20, 1776, General George Washington used the mansion as his temporary headquarters after he and his army were forced to evacuate Brooklyn Heights following their loss to the British Army under the command of General William Howe in the Battle of Long Island.

Murder at the Mansion

"Murder at the Mansion" was the fifth story arc from Grant Morrison's run on the Marvel Comics title New X-Men, running from issues #139-141.

Nottingham Castle

When residents of these slums rioted in 1831, in protest against the Duke of Newcastle's opposition to the Reform Act 1832 they burned down the mansion.

Penrice Castle

The surrounding park is also Grade I listed and was laid out by William Emes, a student of Capability Brown, when the mansion was built.

Prilidiano Pueyrredón

He designed the mansion built by Miguel de Azcuénaga in Olivos which later became the official residence of the President of Argentina.

Prince Chun Mansion

Originally it was the lavish residence of Prince Chun; now the mansion is a public museum and is open to visitors all year around.

Refsnes Gods

"Refsnes" stems from the Norwegian word "rif" (English: reef) due to a reef in the Oslofjord just outside the mansion.

Roskilde Royal Mansion

During the English siege of Copenhagen in 1807, the mansion served as headquarters of general Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington.

Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro

The mansion was turned into a museum (Museu da Chácara do Céu) and its exhibits include works by Matisse, Jean Metzinger, Eliseu Visconti, Di Cavalcanti, and Candido Portinari.

Scarface: The World Is Yours

The game begins in the film's final scene, with the mansion of Tony Montana (voiced by André Sogliuzzo) being raided by assassins sent by Alejandro Sosa (Robert Davi).

Shadow Brook Farm Historic District

The wife of a Vanderbilt family member leased the property briefly in 1916 following her husband's death, and the mansion was sold in 1917 by Potter's debtors to Andrew Carnegie for $300,000.

Sowerby, West Yorkshire

The summer home of the MP for Great Grimsby, Austin Mitchell, is situated in the town, and the mansion of Fieldhouse was the seat of the Stansfeld family, who contributed much to the local community, including building St Peter's church.

Tim Boswell

Within his former constituency are Silverstone, the home of the British Grand Prix; Althorp, the childhood home of Diana, Princess of Wales and her brother the Earl Spencer; and Thenford, the village of the mansion home of Michael Heseltine.

Tring Park School for the Performing Arts

The Mansion and the surrounding Park were owned by a succession of wealthly families, including ancestors of George Washington.

Turner Saunders

Saunders lived in the mansion currently known as the Goode-Hall House, also known as Saunders' Hall, in Lawrence County, Alabama.

Wakeijuku

The most notable landmark on the Wakeijuku grounds is the old Hosokawa Marquis residence called “The Mansion”, built in 1936 by the 16th generation of the Hosokawa House.

Warren Hastings

In the following years, he remodelled the mansion to the designs of Samuel Pepys Cockerell, with classical and Indian decoration, and gardens landscaped by John Davenport.

Wattles Mansion

The mansion was featured on the television series The O.C. and Buffy the Vampire Slayer ("Reptile Boy"), in the movie Troop Beverly Hills, and the sanatarium scenes in the film Rain Man were shot there as well.

Waveland State Historic Site

The main doorway of the mansion is considered to be an exact replica of the doorway of the north entrance to the Erechtheion at the Acropolis in Athens.

West Virginia Governor's Mansion

In 1985, during Governor Arch Moore's third term, First Lady Shelley Moore established the West Virginia Mansion Preservation Foundation, which raised funds for the maintenance of the mansion's interior and furnishings.

William Pikes

The Mansion stood on the site of the former Holy Trinity Priory, one of the two houses of Augustinian canons in the town, which was dissolved and became the property of Sir Thomas Pope (friend of Thomas More, Wolsey's successor as Chancellor), before being demolished to make way for the new brick mansion built by Edmund Withypoll.

Wreay

Visitors to the Plough on Shrove Tuesday 1790 were the local landowner and industrialist John Losh (died 1814), father of Sara and resident at the mansion of Woodside, three miles up the road, Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk, Losh's brother James, and his cousin Joseph Liddell.

X-Mansion

The mansion is purposely demolished by Iceman in "Ultimate Requiem".