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The Breakers is a Gilded Age mansion located at 44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, US.It was built between 1893 and 1895 as a summer residence for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family.
The Breakers, Newport, RI "The Breakers" in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1892 to 1895, which was also designed by Richard Morris Hunt. [1] "Oakland Farm" (1893), mansion and stables on 150 acres in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Demolished. Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard (1845–1924)
Marble House, a Gilded Age mansion located at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, was built from 1888 to 1892 as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Beaux Arts style. It was unparalleled in opulence for an American house when it was completed in 1892. [1]
As heir to the family fortune, he built a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot mansion on the shores of Newport, Rhode Island, as a summer escape for his wife, Alice Vanderbilt, and their seven children.
Newport, Rhode Island is a charming New England city characterized by rich history, quaint shops and restaurants and yacht-filled harbors. Amongst museums, bars and plenty of historical landmarks ...
The Breakers (built in 1878) was a Queen Anne style cottage designed by Peabody and Stearns for Pierre Lorillard IV and located along the Cliff Walk on Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island. [1]
Marble House was Alva Vanderbilt's 39th birthday present. She later became a leader in the women's suffrage movement. See inside Marble House, a 50-room Gilded Age mansion that a Vanderbilt heir ...
Rough Point is one of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, now open to the public as a museum. It is an English Manorial style home designed by architectural firm Peabody & Stearns for Frederick William Vanderbilt. [1] Construction on the red sandstone and granite [2] began in 1887 and was completed 1892.