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1848 establishments in Connecticut1848 in the United States1857 disestablishments in ConnecticutBuildings and structures demolished in 1857Buildings and structures in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Burned houses in the United StatesDemolished buildings and structures in ConnecticutHouses completed in 1848Houses in Fairfield County, ConnecticutLeopold Eidlitz buildingsMoorish Revival architecture in ConnecticutP. T. Barnum
Iranistan, Residence of P.T. Barnum, 1848
Iranistan, Residence of P.T. Barnum, 1848

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" Barnum played host to such famous contemporaries as the Hutchinson Family Singers, Matthew Arnold, George Armstrong Custer, Horace Greeley, and Mark Twain. The grandiose structure survived only a decade before being destroyed by fire in 1857. It was one of five such fires in the showman's life that "burned to the ground all his accomplishments".

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Iranistan
Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport

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Iranistan, Residence of P.T. Barnum, 1848
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