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  2. The Breakers - Wikipedia

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    December 8, 1972. 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 ...

  3. The Breakers (1878) - Wikipedia

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    The Breakers (1878) 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."

  4. Vanderbilt houses - Wikipedia

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    Townhouse, her second, a 70-room house at 1 East 71st Street, New York. Designed by Whitney Warren. Demolished. Frederick William Vanderbilt (1856–1938) Hyde Park, Hyde Park, NY "Hyde Park" in Hyde Park, New York. Designed by McKim, Mead and White and built in 1896–1899, it is now the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site.

  5. 8 jaw-dropping facts about the famous Breakers mansion in Newport

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    The Breakers mansion was commissioned to be built by railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt II in 1893 and quickly became the summer home for the Vanderbilt family for generations to come, Now a ...

  6. Idle Hour - Wikipedia

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    Photograph of Idle Hour from Architectural Record, c. 1903. Idle Hour is a former Vanderbilt estate that is located in Oakdale on Long Island in Suffolk County, New York. It was completed in 1901 for William Kissam Vanderbilt. Once part of Dowling College, the mansion is one of the largest houses in the United States.

  7. Beaulieu House, Newport - Wikipedia

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    One of Newport's oldest mansions, Beaulieu was originally built in 1859 by the Peruvian merchant, Federico Barreda, who made his money in the 1850s guano trade. [a] [3] Beaulieu was designed for Barreda by New York architect Calvert Vaux, who also designed the bridges in New York's Central Park. [4]

  8. Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    October 15, 1966 [1] Designated NHS. December 18, 1940 [2] Designated NYSRHP. June 23, 1980. Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site is a historic house museum in Hyde Park, New York, United States. It became a National Historic Landmark in 1940. It is owned and operated by the National Park Service. The property, historically known as Hyde ...

  9. Cornelius Vanderbilt II House - Wikipedia

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    The Cornelius Vanderbilt II House was a large mansion built in 1883 at 1 West 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City. It occupied the frontage along the west side of Fifth Avenue from West 57th Street up to West 58th Street at Grand Army Plaza. The home was sold in 1926 and demolished to make way for the Bergdorf Goodman Building.