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The "Grandest" of all the "cottages" in Newport, the Breakers was the summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, Grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt who had established the family wealth in steamships and then railroad. Cornelius Vanderbilt II...
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From journal Gilded Age Mansions and So Much More
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Designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Cornelius Vanderbilt II The Breakers is the apex of the Gilded Age in Newport. 138,000 square feet of opulence, designed in the Italianate style of Palladio. The house is built around an interior courtyard which...
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From journal Newport - Gilt, Gold, and Greed
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Cornelius Vanderbilt II, New York railroad mogul, first built this massive summer cottage in 1893. Today it is maintained by the Preservation Society of Newport County.
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Because it is a spectacular way to see how the very...
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From journal A New England Weekend
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The Breakers is huge. It is one of Newport's summer "cottages". It was built by the Vanderbilt's in 1893. It was finished in 1895 and consisted of 70 rooms. How's that for a "cottage"? Of course their mansion in NY at that time had 150 rooms, so I...
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From journal Long Weekend in Newport, RI
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The first thing that springs to mind upon seeing The Breakers is "Gosh, that's just HUGE." Although Alice Vanderbilt, the driving force behind the mansion's construction, would probably wish that "magnificent" were the adjective applied, she might...
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From journal Newport, Rhode Island
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The Breakers is the most amazing of all the mansions in the Newport collection. Built for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, I could not believe that they actually called this a summer cottage. It’s a palace, complete with a music room with gold ceilings,...
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From journal Newport Mansions
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It is something you really can't describe other than it is something that you have to do while you are in Newport. The history and the stories about the mansion are amazing.
From journal Newport, RI, the biggest little state.
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The Breakers is the most elegent of Newport's summer 'cottages' and a symbol of the Vanderbilt family's social and financial status in turn-of-the-century America. In 1893, Cornelius Vanderbilt II commissioned the architect Richard Morris Hunt to...
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From journal Experience the Opulence of Newport RI