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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 70-room mansion, with a gross area of 125,339 square feet and 62,482 square feet of living area on five floors, was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Renaissance Revival style; the interior decor was by Jules Allard and Sons and Ogden Codman Jr. Vanderbilt Houses, The Breakers Newport, Newport Mansions, Old Money House, Big Mansions, Vanderbilt Mansions, Historical Homes, The Breakers, Newport Rhode Island

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 70-room mansion, with a gross area of 125,339 square feet and 62,482 square feet of living area on five floors, was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Renaissance Revival style; the interior decor was by Jules Allard and Sons and Ogden Codman Jr.

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OLD HOUSES BEFORE 1950 | The Breakers is a Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, built in 1895 for the Vanderbilt family | Facebook Newport Mansions Aesthetic, The Breakers Mansion, Newport Ri Mansions, England Mansion, Breakers Mansion, The Breakers Newport, Big Mansion, Gilded Age Mansions, Rhode Island Mansions

The Breakers is a Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, built in 1895 for the Vanderbilt family. Designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt, it...

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• $660K Beaux-Arts mansion designed by McKim, Mead and White for Frederick W. Vanderbilt (1856-1938) and wife, Louise • occupied part time as country home • Hudson River views from rear of house • 200 acres of original 600 acre estate preserved • home page • Wikipedia • designated National Historic Site, 1940

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Cornelius Vanderbilt Mansion, Fifth Avenue, floor plan. Vintage House Plans Victorian, Housing Floor Plans, Mansion Plans, Dining Room Victorian, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt Mansions, Mansion Floor Plan, Long House, House Restoration

In the early 1890's millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt II commissioned a block long renovation to his already large New York City mansion that changed the world's view of the Vanderbilt's forever. In 1883 Vanderbilt had had a large townhouse built on the corner of 57th street that could suit him and his large family comfortably. But by the 1890's he felt that others were trying to trying to outdo him and his family, so he commissioned society architect George Post to build him a block long…

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