| Iranistan | |
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 Iranistan, Residence of P.T. Barnum, 1848 | |
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| General information | |
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| Architectural style | Byzantine, Moorish, Indo-Saracenic architecture, and Turkish |
| Town or city | Fairfield and Iranistan Avenues Bridgeport, Connecticut |
| Country | United States |
| Completed | 1848 |
| Demolished | 1857 (fire) |
| Cost | $150,000 |
| Client | P. T. Barnum |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Leopold Eidlitz |
Iranistan was a Moorish Revival mansion in Bridgeport, Connecticut commissioned by P. T. Barnum in 1848. It was designed by Bohemian-American architect Leopold Eidlitz. At this "beautiful country seat"[1] Barnum played host to such famous contemporaries as the Hutchinson Family Singers,[2] Matthew Arnold, George Armstrong Custer, Horace Greeley, and Mark Twain.[3] The grandiose structure survived only a decade before being destroyed by fire in 1857.[4] It was one of five such fires in the showman's life that "burned to the ground all his accomplishments".[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranistan
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