Rebekah Harkness, who also went by ... emotionally frigid St. Louis family." She and her second husband William bought the massive house on the Rhode Island coast during their seven-year marriage ...

Oil heiress Rebekah Harkness’s life inspired ... In the lyrics, Swift talks about how Harkness would bring the squad to her house in Rhode Island for lavish parties. “Flew in all her Bitch ...

Holiday House. Born in 1915 in St Louis, Missouri, Harkness was the second daughter of prominent stockbroker Allen Tarwater and his wife, also named Rebekah. Due to her family's wealth, she was raised ...

But on Harkness’s watch, it seems, the house — and the parties — were even bigger. Born Rebekah West in St ... sides — was sold to the Wattles family, who renamed it High Watch and ...

After Rebekah ... House sat quietly on that beach,” she adds. “Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits/And then it was bought by me.” According to the Times, Harkness was ...

The song, which is featured on Swift's album "Folklore," highlights a snapshot in the life of Rebekah ... as Betty Harkness. Harkness lived in the home, often referred to as Holiday House, with ...

“Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train / It was sunny / Her saltbox house on the coast took ... William “Bill” Harkness, whose family founded Standard Oil, after their 1947 wedding.

which tells the story of Rebekah Harkness, the socialite who once owned Swift's Watch Hill, Rhode Island, home known as Holiday House. "The story is timeless yet unique, the music would be ...

Taylor Swift's Watch Hill home was once the home of Rebekah Harkness, a divorcée who famously married into the Standard Oil fortune. [The Providence Journal, file / Kris Craig] Taylor Swift ...

Upon her death in 1982, Rebekah Harkness was called ... Swift tells the story of Harkness’s legacy through lyrics. But why? Swift explains it briefly in a verse – Harkness once owned Holiday House, ...