A certain ripeness

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“Hypotenuse,’’ the Newport home of Richard Morris Hunt (1827-95), who designed many houses for the Gilded Age elite, including his own.

“Hypotenuse,’’ the Newport home of Richard Morris Hunt (1827-95), who designed many houses for the Gilded Age elite, including his own.

“The atmospheric tone, the careful selection of ingredients, your pleasant sense of a certain climatic ripeness— these are the real charm of Newport, and the secret of her supremacy.’’

—-Henry James (1843-1916), in “Newport’’

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