Where is the original Dark Shadows house?
Television and film locations
The 1966–1971 series Dark Shadows used the exteriors of Seaview Terrace in Newport, Rhode Island, later known as Carey Mansion, as Collinwood. Lyndhurst Mansion in Tarrytown, New York was used for the films House of Dark Shadows (1970) and Night of Dark Shadows (1971).
III 1951-1960) gives a short bio of Schindler and lists his (final) home as the Spratt Estate, Tarrytown, NY. The house burned down in 1969, due to arson. The house had been abandoned for some years, and was owned for a while by the duch*ess de Tallyrand, who also owned Lyndhurst.
The exterior for the first TV series was the Seaview Terrace Mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. The interior shots for the original series were produced in the ABC studios in Manhattan. In the Tim Burton-Johnny Depp flick, Dark Shadows (2012) exteriors were shot in Ontario, Canada, at Trafalgar Castle. Boo!
Declining ratings
The program experienced a precipitous drop in its ratings during its last two years on the air.
Fictional location
In the series, Collinsport is a small, coastal fishing village located in Hanco*ck County in the U.S. state of Maine, on the coast about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Bangor. Characters on the show sometimes visit or refer to Bangor or Portland, Maine.
Dark Shadows, an American Gothic soap opera, premiered on ABC on June 27, 1966. Throughout the shows run from 1966 – 1971, The Collinwood stand-in mansion used for the TV series was Newport's Seaview Terrace, also known as the Carey Mansion.
| Seaview Terrace Carey Mansion | |
|---|---|
| Client | Edson Bradley |
| Owner | Privately owned |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Howard Greenley |
The mansion is privately owned and in recent years, was leased to Salve Regina University and used as an academic facility and student dormitory. It is now used as a private residence. Update as of March 2022: This location is a private residence, please do not trespass.
The asking price? A cool $29.9 million.
“Dark Shadows” seems to fall into that category, because the original TV show was also set, but not filmed, in Maine. Here are some other memorable movies to see with stories set in Maine: “Casper” (1995): A live-action/animated film take on Casper the friendly ghost, starring Bill Pullman.
What is Seaview Terrace worth?
Historic Seaview Terrace mansion in Newport can be all yours for $29.9 million. NEWPORT — A historic Elizabethan-Revival mansion that sits on eight acres of land along the famed Cliff Walk, is now on the market for $29.9 million.
From 1977 through to the 1980s, the mansion was used annually to accommodate the American team for The Americas Cup. In 2009, the university terminated its lease with the Careys and today Seaview Terrace and its 7-acres is once again a private residence, occupied by their daughter, Mrs Denise Anne (Carey) Bettencourt.
The mansion is privately owned and in recent years, was leased to Salve Regina University and used as an academic facility and student dormitory. It is now used as a private residence. Update as of March 2022: This location is a private residence, please do not trespass.
| Seaview Terrace Carey Mansion | |
|---|---|
| Client | Edson Bradley |
| Owner | Privately owned |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Howard Greenley |
A majority of the series was filmed at the Greystone Park and Mansion in Beverly Hills, California, and some period wardrobe from the 1988 film Dangerous Liaisons was used.
Historic Seaview Terrace mansion in Newport can be all yours for $29.9 million. NEWPORT — A historic Elizabethan-Revival mansion that sits on eight acres of land along the famed Cliff Walk, is now on the market for $29.9 million.
