The Breakers
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The Breakers // 1895 – Buildings of New England
The most opulent of all summer 'cottages' in Newport is the iconic Gilded Age mansion, The Breakers. This mansion was completed in 1895 as a summer residence for Cornelius Vanderbilt II. Cornelius' grandfather, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) established the family fortune in steamships and later in the New York Central Railroad. Cornelius Vanderbilt II became…
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mansion
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Newport
- Image
- The Breakers Newport.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Breakers
- architectural style
- Renaissance Revival architecture
- architect
- Richard Morris Hunt
- inception
- 1893-00-00
- street address
- 44 Ochre Point Avenue
- described at URL
- buildingsofnewengland.com/2021/12/24/the-breakers-1895
- commissioned by
- Cornelius Vanderbilt II
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