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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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    Vanderbilt replaced the 1878 residence with the massive and now more well-known The Breakers, designed by Richard Morris Hunt and constructed between 1893 and 1895. [1] This new structure became a 70-room mansion with a gross area of 125,339 square feet (11,644.4 m 2 ) and 62,482 square feet (5,804.8 m 2 ) of living area on five floors that is ...

  4. Marble House - Wikipedia

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    December 8, 1972. Marble House, a Gilded Age mansion located at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, was built from 1888 to 1892 as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Beaux Arts style. It was unparalleled in opulence for an American house when it was completed in 1892.

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

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    Right off of the Cliff Walk path lies the most famous of all the mansions in Newport: The Breakers. The Breakers mansion was commissioned to be built by railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt II in ...

  6. I've toured 8 historic Gilded Age mansions. Here are the most ...

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    The Breakers, a Vanderbilt mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, is famous for its size and opulence. The Breakers. Alexander Nesbitt/The Preservation Society of Newport County.

  7. Hallmark Heads Back to the 19th Century With 'Gilded Newport ...

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    Covering these events for the women’s pages of the Newport Observer is Emma Vanderbilt-Cross (Ali Skovbye), a fearless 21-year-old writer with family ties to the wealthy Vanderbilt family.

  8. Alva Belmont - Wikipedia

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    Alva Erskine Belmont (née Smith; January 17, 1853 – January 26, 1933), known as Alva Vanderbilt from 1875 to 1896, was an American multi-millionaire socialite and women's suffrage activist. She was noted for her energy, intelligence, strong opinions, and willingness to challenge convention. In 1909, she founded the Political Equality League ...

  9. Rough Point - Wikipedia

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    Rough Point is one of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, now open to the public as a museum. It is an English Manorial style home designed by architectural firm Peabody & Stearns for Frederick William Vanderbilt. [1] Construction on the red sandstone and granite [2] began in 1887 and was completed 1892.

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