All About Watch Hill, the Charming Rhode Island Village Where Taylor Swifts Holiday House Sits Quietly on the Beach [Video]

As the song goes, for many years, Watch Hill sat quietly on the beach of Rhode Island… and then a home there was bought by Taylor Swift. In 2013, Swift acquired the historic coastal home Holiday House, and it’s since been the location of many a celebrity-laden Fourth of July parties—plus, of course, the subject of “The Last Great American Dynasty,” from Swift’s 2020 album Folklore. (In the song, we hear about the home’s provenance—its former matriarch was the unrestrained heiress Rebekah Harkness, less swan and more society black sheep—and Swift draws lyrical parallels between herself and Harkness.)

Over the weekend, the home once again played host to Swift’s A-list circle of friends. The purpose of the gathering? Blake Lively’s 37th birthday, which was reportedly attended by Ryan Reynolds, Travis Kelce, Jason Kelce, Bradley Cooper, Patrick Mahomes, and Brittany Mahomes. And here, we have Vogue’s guide to the picturesque town.

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