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. The seaside residence, named "the Breakers" after ...
Newport's mansions are remnants of the lavish lifestyles of America's wealthiest industrialists in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Of all of Newport's famous homes, The Breakers mansion is the ...
Though the most well-known historic home in the area is The Breakers mansion, another must-see property by the Cliff Walk is the Marble House. Like The Breakers, the Marble House was originally ...
NEWPORT, RI — The Preservation Society of Newport County will offer free admission to two of the city's historic mansions, including the Breakers and Marble House, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.