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.

Sightlines from the Ochre Point Gatehouse and Breakers mansion were carefully studied to avoid intruding on the historic view corridor, and the copper-clad Welcome Center utilizes the light, delicate metalwork associated with late 19th-century garden conservatories to evoke an architectural language consonant with the Newport mansions.

2024年12月15日 · Located in Newport, RI, and named The Breakers, the extravagant abode features soaring 50-foot ceilings, Italian-style gardens, and Baccarat crystal chandeliers so heavy they had to be hung from...

A carefully integrated addition to the historic property of The Breakers, the Welcome Center of the Preservation Society of Newport County provides a permanent location for essential visitor services, including ticketing, exhibitions, refreshments and restrooms for …

The Breakers is the grandest of Newport's summer "cottages" and a symbol of the Vanderbilt family's social and financial pre-eminence in the Gilded Age. It is the flagship of the Newport Mansions and an icon of the City-by-the-Sea.

2025年1月15日 · The Preservation Society of Newport County has launched a significant restoration project to revitalize the iconic main gates of The Breakers, Newport’s most renowned Gilded Age mansion. The...

The Breakers (built in 1878) was a Queen Anne style cottage designed by Peabody and Stearns for Pierre Lorillard IV and located along the Cliff Walk on Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island. [1] In 1883, it was referred to as "unquestionably the most magnificent estate in Newport."

2023年9月8日 · Explore the opulent world of The Breakers, Rhode Island's most iconic mansion. Step inside and be enchanted by its grandeur and breathtaking coastal views.

2024年6月2日 · The Breakers Mansion, built in 1895 for the Vanderbilt family, is a quintessential representation of the Gilded Age’s luxury and opulence in Newport, Rhode Island. As a 70-room Italian Renaissance-style villa, it reflects the era’s architectural extravagance and the immense wealth of America’s elite.

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.