Confirming the location of the upcoming wedding between former First Daughter, Chelsea Clinton, to investment banker Marc Mezvinsky has become a favorite summer sport among among wedding watchers.
The locale cited for the upcoming nuptials is Astor Courts in Rhinebeck, NY, but others say Martha’s Vineyard on Cape Cod is a possibility. Even the date was under dispute with July 31 being a “possibility” instead of a reality. Even the guests claim they don’t know where they’re headed, but it will be a black-tie affair.
Either way, the “Surge Desk” at AOL News offers a nifty summary of the Astor Courts and reports it is privately owned by online media producer Kathleen Hammer and real estate developer Arthur Seelbinder, who paid $3.2 million in 2005, and then invested millions more to restore it. It is presently listed for sale for $12 million.
Astor Courts is also known as the Ferncliff Casino, which was built between 1902 and 1904 for John Jacob Astor IV and his wife, Ava. It is a Beaux Arts design by American architect Stanford White who also designed the famed Washington Square Arch in New York City. Astor and White would meet their separate, tragic fates later in life; Astor died in the sinking of the Titanic and White was murdered at point-blank range by a jealous husband.
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