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 138,300 square feet (12,850 m 2) and 62,482 square feet (5,804.8 m 2) of living area on five floors, was designed by Richard.
The Breakers Family Tour (Audio) Designed specifically for younger visitors, this self-guided audio tour offers a fun and engaging perspective on the mansion. It highlights whimsical details like a "dragon in the dining room and a dolphin under the stairs," making history accessible and exciting for children. The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, was their summer escape.
Look inside the Breakers, a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot mansion that ...
Now a museum, the Breakers features 70 rooms and spans 138,300 square feet. This 70-room villa was built by architect Richard Morris Hunt in 1895 for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, President and Chairman of the New York Central Railroad. The Breakers is the grandest of Newport, Rhode Island's summer "cottages" and a symbol of the Vanderbilt family's social and financial preeminence in turn of the century America.
Its interiors include rich marbles and gilded rooms, a 50. The first mansion built on this site - from which this one takes its name - was The Breakers, built in 1878 for the tobacco heir/magnate Pierre Lorillard IV (1833-1901) whose first cousin built Vinland next door. It is a 70-room mansion One of the most jaw-dropping aspects of The Breakers is its sheer size.
Look inside the Breakers, a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot mansion that ...
The mansion boasts 70 rooms, including 48 bedrooms, all decorated with fine art and priceless furniture. To give you a scale of things, this place spans 138,300 square feet with each room designed with exquisite detail. The grandeur of the Vanderbilt family's life is something else, no? The History In 1885, Cornelius Vanderbilt II brought the original wood and brick house called the Breakers for his summer home.
It was called the Breakers because of the waves of the Atlantic broke onto the rocks of the oceanfront property. The original house was completely destroyed by fire in 1892. The Breakers stands as the undisputed crown jewel of Newport's mansions, a 70-room Italian Renaissance palace built for the Vanderbilt family in 1895.
Private Vanderbilt Residences at The Breakers Open for the First Time ...
This 138,300. Architectural Photography at The Breakers Mansion in Newport On a recent afternoon I had a chance to head down to Newport, Rhode Island for some Architectural Photography at The Breakers Mansion in Newport. Perhaps one of the more recognizable homes in Rhode Island, The Breakers Mansion is a 70 room mansion that sits on 13+ acres of land directly looking out onto the Atlantic Ocean.
The. The 70-room mansion boasts a sprawling 138,300 square feet of grandeur, with 62,482 square feet of living space spread across five luxurious floors. As you approach The Breakers along Ochre Point Avenue, you are greeted by magnificent sculpted iron gates, offering a mere glimpse of the splendor within.
