Rebekah married William Hale Harkness, the heir to the Standard Oil fortune. Together, the pair resided in Rhode Island, in a home called "Holiday House" that Swift now owns. Here, we explore who ...

Rebekah Harkness, who also went by Betty ... which they nicknamed "Holiday House." Back in 2013, Swift bought Harkness' former home in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, for a reported $17 million in ...

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 ...

One of the two women on the list with a Rhode Island house is an easy guess: billionaire Taylor Swift. According to Forbes, ...

And in honor of Harkness’ birthday on April 17 ... new money goes / They picked out a home and called it ‘Holiday House.’” Rebekah had moved to Rhode Island with her then-new husband ...

Swift purchased "High Watch," formerly known as "Holiday House," in 2013—reportedly ... socialite and Standard Oil heiress, Rebekah Harkness. Swift was so inspired by "Betty" (as she was known ...

The song "the last great american dynasty" pays homage to Rebekah Harkness, a divorcee who previously lived at Holiday House.

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 ...

Matthew J Leethe / Boston Globe / Getty Images Holiday House sits above a rocky bluff. Alyssa Fiorentino says that nowhere in her research—which included reading Rebekah’s out-of-print ...

Swift, in turn, scooped up Harkness' "Holiday House" in 2013 for around $17 million. Anyone still playing 2020 bingo check off "Taylor Swift writes a song to appease the ghost of an oil tycoon's ...

“50 years is a long time / Holiday House sat quietly on ... After Bill’s death in 1954, Rebekah went on to marry two more times but always retained Harkness as her last name.