“The Last Great American Dynasty” spins the tale of Rebekah Harkness, an eccentric philanthropist and wealthy widow who was rankling the Watch Hill elite from Holiday House decades before ...

This week, Taylor Swift showed the world what she’s been working on during quarantine: a new album, Folklore, which the singer-songwriter released late Thursday evening. The 16-track album, Swift’s ...

One song that has drawn a lot of attention is The Last Great American Dynasty, which tells the story of socialite Rebekah Harkness, who it turns out used to own Swift's Rhode Island mansion, Holiday ...

But why? Swift explains it briefly in a verse—Harkness once owned Holiday House, the singer’s current Watch Hill, Rhode Island, home. (Yes, the seaside mansion that was the setting for Taymerica.) ...

Her Harkness Ballet folded in 1975. When Swift moved to Holiday House in 2013, she caused quite the stir as well — although perhaps not as massive as Harkness. Beachgoers and residents were ...