The Breakers is a Vanderbilt mansion located on Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
The Breakers is a Vanderbilt mansion located on Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, United States on the Atlantic Ocean. It is a National Historic Landmark, a contributing property to the Bellevue Avenue Historic District, and is owned and operated by the Preservation Society of Newport County. The Breakers was built as the Newport summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a member of the wealthy United States Vanderbilt family. Designed by renowned architect Richard Morris Hunt and with interior decoration by Jules Allard and Sons and Ogden Codman, Jr., the 70-room mansion boasts approximately 65,000 sq ft (6,000 m2). of living space. The home was constructed between 1893 and 1895 at a cost of more than $7 million (approximately $200 million in today's dollars adjusted for inflation). In 1895, the year of its completion, The Breakers was the largest, most opulent house in a summer resort considered the social capital of America. Although the mansion is owned by the Society, the original furnishings displayed throughout the house are still owned by the family.
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Location: The Breakers is a Vanderbilt mansion located on Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, United St
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