ASTROExperiences
The Breakers
Photo: UpstateNYer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons · resized

Museum · Newport, RI

The Breakers

The Breakers is a National Historic Landmark built in 1895. It is the grandest of Newport's summer cottages, symbolizing the Vanderbilt family's pre-eminence during the Gilded Age.

Gallery

The Breakers gallery image 1
Photo: Bob from Allentown, Pennsylvania, United Staes of America · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons · resized
The Breakers gallery image 2
Photo: MMDA-Photos · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons · resized

What you get

About The Breakers

The Breakers is a National Historic Landmark built in 1895. It is the grandest of Newport's summer cottages, symbolizing the Vanderbilt family's pre-eminence during the Gilded Age. This flagship of the Newport Mansions was constructed for Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt II by architect Richard Morris Hunt, using brick faced with Indiana limestone. The Preservation Society took ownership in 1972.

The Breakers — Newport, RI