Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is undergoing renovations at her $17 million mansion in Rhode Island's Watch Hill neighborhood. Building permits reveal plans for kitchen, living room, and front porch updates, as well as the addition of new bathrooms. Swift purchased the mansion in 2013, the same year she wrote the song 'The Last Great American Dynasty' about the mansion's previous owner, Rebekah Harkness. The song, featured on Swift's album 'Folklore,' explores Harkness's life and lavish parties.
According to the building permit, renovations are being done to the kitchen, living room and front porch. New bathrooms are also being added.Swift purchased the mansion in 2013. It's located in Westerly's Watch Hill neighborhood.
In 2020, Swift penned "The Last Great American Dynasty," a song about the history of the mansion, as well as the prominent woman who lived there several years before she did. The song, which is featured on Swift's album "Folklore," highlights a snapshot in the life of Rebekah Harkness, who was also known as Betty Harkness.
Harkness lived in the home, often referred to as Holiday House, with her second husband, William Hale Harkness."Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money. And the town said, 'How did a middle-class divorcee do it?' The wedding was charming if a little gauche. There's only so far new money goes. They picked out a home called it Holiday House," Swift sings. "Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud. The doctor had told them to settle down.
“There goes the last great American dynasty,” Swift sings in the chorus. “Who knows, if she never showed up, what could’ve been? There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen. She had a marvelous time ruining everything."
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