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Theresa Alice "Tessie" Fair (June 30, 1871 – November 22, 1926) was an American socialite. She went from being the daughter of a hard-scrabble California miner to become heiress to a fortune in Comstock Lode gold and silver, the wife of steamship magnate Hermann Oelrichs , mistress of the Rosecliff estate in Newport, Rhode Island ...
His wife, Theresa Fair Oelrichs, began the building of Rosecliff when there were already some mighty mansions to surpass. Stanford White designed the house; Augustus Saint Gaudens built the...
11. Jan. 2023 · About Theresa Alice Oelrichs. Theresa Alice Fair, known as "Tessie," was a socialite, heiress and society leader. Born in a filthy mining camp somewhere in California, Tessie was the eldest daughter of James Fair and his wife Theresa. James struck it rich in the Comstock Lode.
- Nevada
- "Tessie"
- Hermann Oelrichs
- circa 1854
Oelrichs. Socialite, heiress and society leader. Tessie was the eldest daughter of James Fair and his wife Theresa. James struck it rich in the Comstock Lode. Fair was one of four major investors of the program, and thus was made a millionaire overnight.
8. Jan. 2020 · Rosecliff was built in 1902 by Theresa Fair Oelrichs (Tessie), a silver heiress from Nevada. The home was designed to be a space for grand scale entertaining, with it’s most prominent feature being the ballroom. She dedicated all of her energy to becoming one of the three great hostesses of Newport.
Vor 5 Tagen · Rosecliff was built for Nevada silver heiress Theresa Fair Oelrichs, who used it to host many fabulous Gilded Age entertainments. Architect Stanford White modeled Rosecliff after the Grand Trianon, the garden retreat of French kings at Versailles.
24. März 2018 · Take a deep dive into the once well-chronicled saga of Theresa “Tessie” Fair Oelrichs (1871-1926), builder of Rosecliff (1902), in this adult mini-course.
