Trumbauer's design for Rose Terrace emerged as an enlarged version of Miramar, his 1911 design for George Dunton Widener.
  The house was a French-style Louis XV chateau overlooking Lake St. Clair, and was approached from Jefferson via a long circular drive.
 It was constructed from brick walls on a concrete foundation, and surfaced with Indiana limestone.
The mansard roof was sheathed with copper.

The main floor contained numerous reception rooms, a formal dining room, a library, a breakfast room, two sitting rooms, a music room/ballroom, a card room, a bar, and a kitchen pantry.
 All rooms had 18.5 feet (5.6 m) ceilings.
 The music room, a favorite of Anna Dodge's, measured 60 feet (18 m) by 36 feet (11 m), and contained an organ purchased by Horace Dodge for the original Rose Terrace.
 A marble staircase and an elevator connected the first and second floors.
 Half of the second floor was used as Mrs. Dodge's private suite.
 She and her husband Hugh shared a sitting room and office, but each had separate bedrooms, dressing rooms and bathrooms.
 The other half held another second office and sitting room, and well as eight guest rooms with baths.

The attic held the servant's quarters, including an apartment for the housekeeper, a valet's room, twelve maids' rooms, and six rooms for male servants.
 The basement of the house held the kitchen, the servants' dining room, an ice cream parlor, a flower room, a wine cellar, a gymnasium and storage vaults for furs, rugs, and silver.

When completed and furnished, the mansion contained over 42,000 square feet (3,900 m²), had 75 rooms, (including 42 main rooms), 15 fireplaces, 40 French doors, 37 sofas, and more than 100 tables.
Many of the furnishings had a notable provenance, including a bureau made for Catherine the Great, four chairs that had belonged to Marie Antoinette, a piano once used by the children of George III, a jewel casket that had belonged to Russian Empress Maria Feodorovna, and a rosewood writing table made by Jean Henri Riesener.
Trumbauer's design for Rose Terrace emerged as an enlarged version of Miramar, his 1911 design for George Dunton Widener.   The house was a French-style Louis XV chateau overlooking Lake St. Clair, and was approached from Jefferson via a long circular drive.  It was constructed from brick walls on a concrete foundation, and surfaced with Indiana limestone. The mansard roof was sheathed with copper.
The main floor contained numerous reception rooms, a formal dining room, a library, a breakfast room, two sitting rooms, a music room/ballroom, a card room, a bar, and a kitchen pantry.  All rooms had 18.5 feet (5.6 m) ceilings.  The music room, a favorite of Anna Dodge's, measured 60 feet (18 m) by 36 feet (11 m), and contained an organ purchased by Horace Dodge for the original Rose Terrace.  A marble staircase and an elevator connected the first and second floors.  Half of the second floor was used as Mrs. Dodge's private suite.  She and her husband Hugh shared a sitting room and office, but each had separate bedrooms, dressing rooms and bathrooms.  The other half held another second office and sitting room, and well as eight guest rooms with baths.
The attic held the servant's quarters, including an apartment for the housekeeper, a valet's room, twelve maids' rooms, and six rooms for male servants.  The basement of the house held the kitchen, the servants' dining room, an ice cream parlor, a flower room, a wine cellar, a gymnasium and storage vaults for furs, rugs, and silver.
When completed and furnished, the mansion contained over 42,000 square feet (3,900 m²), had 75 rooms, (including 42 main rooms), 15 fireplaces, 40 French doors, 37 sofas, and more than 100 tables. Many of the furnishings had a notable provenance, including a bureau made for Catherine the Great, four chairs that had belonged to Marie Antoinette, a piano once used by the children of George III, a jewel casket that had belonged to Russian Empress Maria Feodorovna, and a rosewood writing table made by Jean Henri Riesener.
Rose Terrace (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan)