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2. The Breakers - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Bellevue Avenue Historic District - Wikipedia

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   The Bellevue Avenue Historic District is located along and around Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, United States.Its property is almost exclusively residential, including many of the Gilded Age mansions built as summer retreats around the turn of the 20th century by the extremely wealthy, including the Vanderbilt and Astor families.

4. The Breakers (1878) - Wikipedia

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   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] In 1883, it was referred to as "unquestionably the most magnificent estate in Newport."

5. Take a look inside Rosecliff, a 30-room mansion built for a ...

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   The mansion was modeled after King Louis XIV's Grand Trianon. During the Gilded Age , Rosecliff in Newport, Rhode Island, was the summer home of Theresa "Tessie" Fair Oelrichs, a silver heiress.

6. 8 jaw-dropping facts about the famous Breakers mansion in Newport

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   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 ...

7. Look inside the Breakers, a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot ...

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   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.

8. Rosecliff - Wikipedia

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   The most famous of Mrs. Oelrich's parties was the "Bal blanc" of 19 August 1904 to celebrate the Astor Cup Races, in which everything was white and silver. Mrs. Oelrich died at Newport on November 22, 1926. [8] The funeral took place in the "beautiful blue and gold tapestry room" at Rosecliff. [9]

9. 'The Gilded Age' Features These Real-Life Mansions in New ...

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   The Colony House: Newport, Rhode Island. Courtesy of the Newport Historical Society. The Colony House, which is managed by the Newport Historical Society, is a Georgian-style building that was ...