Of all of Newport's famous homes, The Breakers mansion is the cream of the summer cottage crop. Commissioned in 1893 by railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt II, The Breakers is a Renaissance-style ...

NEWPORT, RI — The Preservation Society of Newport County will offer free admission to two of the city's historic mansions, including the Breakers ... by members of the Vanderbilt family ...

Visitors can get all those feels in Newport, Rhode Island, home to one of ... as they still are today. The Breakers, built by Cornelius Vanderbilt, is the largest of the "summer cottages" from ...

The Breakers is the most majestic mansion in Newport, serving as a symbol of the Vanderbilt family's great financial and social success. "If you go to France you have to go to Versailles.

NEWPORT, R.I., Aug. 15. -- The report that Mrs. Vanderbilt is returning to Newport from Europe next month and will open the Breakers, is now accepted in the cottage colony as a fact, and that the ...

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During the 19th-century Gilded Age, Newport, Rhode Island -- a coastal town ... festive season when the most famous mansions -- such as The Breakers, Marble House, The Elms, and Chateau-sur ...

This historic mansion ... based in Newport, Rhode Island. The information below is from her on-site tour of this property. To see images, come with us on a photo tour. The Vanderbilt was ...

Please note: locations are plotted on this map by their postcode so may not be precise. We advise you to contact the venue if you need exact directions! The Breakers is a Vanderbilt mansion ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it will be free to get a look inside some of Newport’s most iconic homes. The Preservation Society of Newport County announced Wednesday ...