Also known as Chetwode, this residence appears on an unused old linen postcard.  It’s easy to see just an old house — but do a short internet search and you’ll see what happened:  “Five years after divorcing, the J. J. Astors placed the estate and contents on the auction block and it was sold in October of 1948 for $70,000 to James C.O’Donnell, a Washington investor. His daughter, Mrs. Florence O’Donnell Maher, sold the estate to the Texas-based Church of Christ for $45,000, in 1954, for use as a church and center for servicemen. In June of 1957, the Church sold Chetwode for $40,000 to Thomas Diab and John P. Curran, Boston developers, for conversion to apartments. Finally, in November of 1958, the estate was sold, again for $40,000, to Miss Phoebe Warren Andrews of New York who, as President of the Newport Art League, held exhibitions and sponsored an art school in the house. During the morning of January 29, 1972, a chimney fire spread through the three floors of the villa causing devastating damage. Much of the French paneling and several mantels are known to have been salvaged and are today dispersed between shops, restaurants, and private collections in Newport,Boston, New Jersey, and Paris. Chetwode, one of the chief glories of Newport,was razed in May of 1973. The outlying acreage along Ruggles to Carroll Avenues had become, after 1948, the setting for multiple residential subdivisions. The surviving five acres of gardens sold in August of 1976 for $96,000 for development into a six-lot subdivision and the surviving stable-garage building was converted into condominiums.”  (See what we mean?)  Grade: 1