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Hopedene is a mansion in Newport, Rhode Island designed by the Boston firm Peabody & Stearns. It is a contributing property to the Bellevue Avenue and Ochre Point–Cliffs Historic District.

designed for Elizabeth Hope Gammell Slater. Landscape and gardens designed by Beatrix Farrand and the interior designed by Ogden Codman Jr. Located along the Newport Cliff Walk in the Bellevue Avenue and Ochre Point–Cliffs Historic District.

Hopedene was built for Elizabeth Hope Gammell Slater on land previously owned by her grandfather, Robert Hale Ives. Ives owned 60 acres of land in Newport and Slater was given a 6 acre lot on that land in 1896, situated along the Newport Cliff Walk. Slater maintained a residence in Washington, D.C. and summered at Hopedene until her death in 1944. https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/RI-01-005-0007

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In 2012, Hopedene sold for $16 Million

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After Slater's death, Count and Countess Kurt von Reventlow purchased Hopedene for $18,600. https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/24492748/?terms=&#x22;Hopedene&#x22;&match=1

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Leased by Preston Pope Satterwhite https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/618525673/?terms=hopedene&match=1

Notable guests
Slater was known for having entertained numerous notable guests and hosting outdoor dinners at Hopedene's veranda. She also leased the property while summering in Europe. Some notable guests and lessees include:


 * Robert R. Young, leased for the summer of 1934
 * Harry Payne Bingham, leased summers from 1930 to 1933
 * Mary Cunningham (widow of Heber R. Bishop), rented for the summer of 1904 https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/80639445/?terms=hopedene&match=1

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 * (daughter of Wayne MacVeagh), guest in 1903 https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/80641957/?terms=hopedene&match=1


 * Cissy Patterson, guest in 1913 https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/76037789/?terms=hopedene&match=1


 * Nathaniel P. Hill guest in 1936 https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/370398258/?terms=hopedene&match=1


 * Peter G. Gerry, stayed with Slater for the summer of 1915 https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/28886320/?terms=hopedene&match=1


 * Oliver Wendell Holmes, guest in 1905 https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/80667995/?terms=hopedene&match=1 https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/80667133/?terms=hopedene&match=1


 * Sallie Aley Hert (widow of Alvin Tobias Hert), guest in 1927 https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/618545983/?terms=hopedene&match=1


 * Delia Spencer (widow of Marshall Field), guest in 1914 https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/332111960/?terms=hopedene&match=1


 * Robert R. Hitt, guest in 1900 https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/467060201/?terms=hopedene&match=1


 * Henry Cabot Lodge, guest in 1900 https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/214913441/?terms=hopedene&match=1


 * Richmond P. Hobson, guest in 1905 https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/145547086/?terms=hopedene&match=1


 * Arthur James Herbert, guest in 1914 https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/145281530/?terms=hopedene&match=1