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"Blairsden" Entrance Gate

6/23/2016

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Blairsden is a historic 62,000 square foot, 38-room mansion built by Clinton Ledyard Blair in 1897. It is located in Somerset County, New Jersey. 
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The original main entrance gate was at the base of Ravine Lake although the one that can be seen today is in Peapack on a main road.
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Clinton Ledyard Blair was a prominent American investment banker and the grandson of one of the wealthiest men of the 19th century,John Insley Blair. 
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 In addition to the massive estate in New Jersey, he also had an estate in Newport, Rhode Islandand Bermuda. 
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