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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 (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. 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 ...

5. List of Gilded Age mansions - Wikipedia

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   Newport: Built for U.S. Navy Admiral Charles H. Baldwin [123] more images: The Breakers: 1878: Queen Anne: Peabody and Stearns: Newport: Destroyed by fire in 1892 and replaced by The Breakers [124] more images: Vinland Estate: 1882: Romanesque Revival: Peabody & Stearns: Newport: Today, McAuley Hall, Salve Regina University [125] Graystone 1883 ...

6. Bellevue Avenue Historic District - Wikipedia

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   May 11, 1976 [2] The Bellevue Avenue Historic District is located along and around Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Its property is almost exclusively residential, including many of the Gilded Age mansions built as summer retreats around the turn of the 20th century by the extremely wealthy, including the Vanderbilt and ...

7. The Breakers (hotel) - Wikipedia

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   The Breakers Palm Beach is a historic, Renaissance Revival style luxury hotel with 534 rooms. It is located at 1 South County Road in Palm Beach, Florida.During the 1895–96 winter season, business tycoon Henry Flagler opened the first Breakers resort, then the only oceanfront lodging south of Daytona Beach, to accommodate additional tourists due to the popularity of his Royal Poinciana Hotel.