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Done & Dunne

255. Touring Bellevue Avenue | Belcourt

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

History, True Crime

4.7629 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Oliver Belmont becomes quite the talk of the town when the entire first floor of this grand home is comprised of stables for his prized horses. Oliver will not stay single for long, marrying the recently divorced Alva Vanderbilt in a move that shocks society. And that is only one of the shocking moves. This home and the people who inhabited it are truly unforgettable. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Dun & Dunn. I'm Alicia, your hostess on this podcast journey, All Things Dominic Dunn.

0:07.2

Thank you for joining me as we continue down Bellevue Avenue, as we have just a few more homes to visit on this Grand Street.

0:17.0

We're closing the street and the season down in short order, just like the Gilded Age folks did.

0:23.4

The high season in Newport went from Juneish to the beginning of the opera season in New York City in the fall,

0:32.6

which typically started sometime early to mid-September.

0:36.4

This year, for any of my opera folks, the New York

0:39.9

City opera season begins September 21st, so some traditions remain the same. Within our scope

0:47.4

today in this episode, we are going to Bellcourt, located at 657 Bellevue Avenue, and hooray. We have made it to the last block of

0:57.8

homes on Bellevue, and this one, Belcourt, as well as its owner, and his second wife are unforgettable.

1:07.0

Belcourt is located on the west side of Bellevue Avenue, just crossing over Lakeview Avenue, stands Belcourt is located on the west side of Bellevue Avenue, just crossing over Lakeview Avenue,

1:13.9

stands Belcourt, and it is really a standout for a lot of reasons, and holy cats does it connect,

1:21.9

through family trees, real estate, and people behaving trashily. It is my favorite stuff.

1:28.8

Before we begin, our tour today, I do have some fine folks to thank our very

1:33.4

latest supporters over on Patreon.

1:36.6

Huge thanks, love, and praise to our newest investigators over there, Shannon A, Courtney

1:43.0

M, Tiffany L, Aline H. Carrie A. April P. Maria M. Auntie Sue.

1:50.3

Joanne O. and Sheena. Holy cats. I am so grateful to all y'all new folks. As always, eternal thanks to our sustaining supporters.

2:01.6

Your dollars make this thing happen over on patreon.com slash done and done.

2:06.9

And in return, you get all of our done and done episodes early and ad free,

2:12.4

as well as not done yet, bonuses and even more.

2:16.7

Lots of fun stuff coming this week to clear up this storyline over

2:21.3

on Patreon before we move to our next investigation. Stay tuned for those goodies. Today it is back to

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