Of all of Newport's famous homes, The Breakers mansion is the cream of the summer cottage crop. Commissioned in 1893 by railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt II, The Breakers is a Renaissance-style ...
The Vanderbilts, one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age families, owned multiple opulent homes. The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, was their summer escape. Now a museum, the Breakers features 70 ...
The Preservation Society of Newport County is preparing for a bustling holiday season with a range of new offerings and ongoing projects. Trudy Coxe, President and CEO of the organization, shared ...
Sandy Point Farm was built in 1902 for Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. His father, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, built the Breakers mansion in Newport. Sandy Point Farm, now ...
The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, was their summer escape. Now a museum, the Breakers features 70 rooms and spans 138,300 square feet. His grandson, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, succeeded him as ...