The song, which is featured on Swift's album "Folklore," highlights a snapshot in the life of Rebekah Harkness ... "Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money. And the town said ...

For 2020’s “Folklore,” she penned “The Last Great American Dynasty,” which details the home’s storied past with previous owner Rebekah ... Hale Harkness, a Standard Oil heir.

For 2020’s “Folklore,” Swift wrote “The Last Great American Dynasty,” which details the home’s storied past under previous owner Rebekah ... Hale Harkness, a Standard Oil heir.

heir to the Standard Oil fortune, in 1947. Together, they bought the Rhode Island beach house, where they threw lavish parties before William Harkness’ untimely death in 1954. Rebekah Harkness ...

The estate previously belonged to socialite Rebekah Harkness, widow of Standard Oil heir William Hale "Bill" Harkness, who inspired Swift's song The Last Great American Dynasty. Swift's Eras Tour ...

First owned by Rebekah West Harkness and Standard Oil heir William Hale “Bill” Harkness at the height of the Gilded Age, the home has changed hands many times and then sat vacant for 50 years ...

The home also inspired her 2020 song “The Last Great American Dynasty,” which is about Rebekah ... arts. Harkness inherited the estate after the 1954 death of her husband, Standard Oil heir ...