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yeah, the patriarch that had it built was obsessed with developing the American aristocracy, specifically by aping the western European estate system. completely deranged, but wealthy beyond measure.
like those old estates and the mega homes built by other tycoons, it was impossible to maintain without a massive, expanding stream of cash expropriated from workers. so it was bought by some other rich bozos and turned into a tourist attraction that sanitizes the history of the tycoon's family which I guess was part of the sale terms.
it's completely stupid and out of place, and not even in an interesting way like Ca d'Zan, which also was another albatross and was eventually dumped on the state.