Cinderella’s REAL Castle is in Connecticut? (EC Benedict Estate)
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- Опубліковано 11 січ 2024
- Ever wondered if Cinderella's Castle could be more than just a fairy tale? Join Ken on a journey to discover the astonishing truth behind the historic Connecticut mansion where Cinderella lost her glass slipper.
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The house my father grew up in sat directly across the inlet from this house!!! It's actually located in the inlet next to Indian Harbor. In childhood photos from the early 1900's right through to the 1960's and beyond when we visited our grandmother, that house was in every family photo taken of us on their beachfront. It was magnificent.
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I imagine it was a beautiful backdrop for your family! Did anyone see inside it, or tour the gardens when it was in its glory? What a beautiful place!
Know that's a memory not many people will have.
@Jackielocks I recall my father saying he'd been inside. His parents likely knew the owners. He remembered movies being filmed there, which must have been very exciting in the 1920's...and the boys used to row over there to play in the garden (as either trespassers or honored guests - not sure which).
Fun fact, neighborhood boys made "diving bells" out of old oil drums and took turns submerging each other in the middle of that inlet. Not sure how any of them survived childhood. Definitely "free range" kids. It was a different time.
We Americans seem to have no respect for historical buildings and homes. It’s such a shame.
So true!!! I appreciate London, and the British people for having soooo many historical buildings and most of them all being taken care of and discreetly being up to date but with the look of old!!! I love the 1700-1900 buildings and homes!!!
@@DeeBullock1836 Much of Europe is like that, and I love history, so I wish our government would take a cue from those societies.
@@janeceeastwood8035 oh I love history too!!! My Dad and his Dad were avid history buffs, learned a lot from both of them…miss them….but yes I hate seeing glass and metal skylines in the cities and metro plex’s…it’s just so cold and unwelcoming….plus dangerous with glass shards and metal being able to pierce right through you…give me historical every time!!!
I absolutely love watching these tours through these magnificent historic homes. My heart drops every time I hear they're no longer with us.
How I wish that I could travel back in time and see these incredible buildings when they were at their zenith’s! They truly were works of Art and it is such a loss for us that they weren’t saved for future generations to admire and enjoy.
See them again, abolish the income tax!
Loved that it had views of the water on three sides.
What a place! And another one completely new to me! The house and grounds are extra interesting with their connection to motion pictures. The way the grounds have been documented in movies reminds me of how the interiors and even exteriors of the ocean liner Ile de France were recorded for posterity in the movie "The Last Voyage" which was filmed aboard the liner. The intention was for entertainment, but movies have been useful in preserving history even if it was unintentional. I'm glad that some of the mansion featured here is still in existence.
How fun to match up a Hollywood film with the actual house! It was of such a scale I would have easily thought that front flight of steps was a movie set. Thanks for another great video!
Too bad there aren't more pictures! They tore down the third floor??!! I don't know if my heart. can take any more of these tragic stories! I love the porch overlooking the water, and the walking paths. What an absolute shame!
Just stunning!! An excellent grand mansion!
The sheer height of this estate makes it seem like a movie scrim set! I enjoyed the pergolas and the walkways on the perimeter. These were sure the larger-than-life days! Thank you for another unknown life and home history lesson. peace
Fascinating as always!
Mary Pickford on the front steps looks more like a scene from Jack and the Bean Stalk than from Cinderella.
I am a new subscriber and I am actually from Connecticut and have never heard of this. I do know about Gillette castle.
I would love to see inside today. ❤
I think my favourite part was Mary Pickford running down those monumental stairs at the front entrance!
I thought that was her.
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chairs matching wall-paper/fabric impressed
wonder if that "personal secretary' was his lover
Took very good care of secretary.
So what?
I actually loved how the pergola was vine draped for the beach side walks. Too bad so much had to be removed/destroyed, but at least some of the building has survived. It's kind of watching how everything changes with age and sometimes is unrecognizable over the years. 😉👍
Amazing and beautiful, and at least he got to love it for a while. And it was truly a Grand estate.
Well, this story had HALF a happy ending. At least it's still standing, changed, but standing. I guess that is actually a good route for some of these. They have to be able to be lived in by modern people in modern times. It would be nice if they ALL became museums but too bad they can't. And the saddest part, I can't afford ANY of them!
All these bankers that worked really hard as tellers and suddenly opened their own brokerage firms.. lol sure
Different times, my boy.
Sure thing, midwit@@pmn2821
The entrance facade with its Palladian design was lovely, but the various wings make the place look like a somewhat frumpy resort. The pergolas were beautiful. Many thanks for digging up another remarkable, mostly lost estate!
I like your videos a lot, thanks. Is the house still standing? to judge by the pictures, were any of them current?,it hasn't changed much.
Amassing great wealth had to be quite a bit easier back before income tax !
Thank you for sharing this. I am puzzled by the entrance facade composed of two, stacked Palladian temples. It looks too vulgar to have been penned by Carrere & Hastings (who designed the NYC Public Library, etc.). I can imagine, just as today, the owner insisting, "I want this AND that. Any more questions?"
I love your videos. I just wish you would stop the "done been demolished" parts. lol. I cringe when I hear that.