The grand stairway in the mansion at Georgian Court College. After visiting three years in succession, he decided to purchase land. Gould, son of railroad tycoon Jay Gould, bought 200 acres along the north bank of Lake Carasaljo and broke ground for his estate in January 1897. After the Goulds died, their sons sold the estate in 1924 to the Sisters of Mercy, a Roman Catholic order who at the time had a college in Plainfield called Mount St. Mary's, which was fast outgrowing its space. A section of the Canterbury Tales mural over the fireplace at the Georgian Court College mansion.
Landscaping includes Italian and Japanese flourishes, formal and sunken gardens.
Today it houses a basketball court, swimming pool and offices. The building is used for intimate concerts, honor society inductions and alumni meetings. Some of the sisters also live in the mansion. Rumors of an underground tunnel linking parts of the grounds have been passed from one graduating class to the next, Sister Maria Cordis Richey says. A large bronze statue marks the rear of the mansion at Georgian Court College.