The Breakers (Newport, R.I.)
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. The 70-room mansion was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Renaissance Revival style; the interior decor was by Jules Allard and Sons and Ogden Codman Jr.
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Cecil Stoughton's White House Photographs, January 29, 1961–December 31, 1963 | John F. Kennedy Library | |
| referencedIn | Records of the National Park Service, 1785 - 2006. National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013 - 2017 | National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration | |
| referencedIn | Coaching Weekend (Newport, R.I.). Coaching Weekend materials collection, 1968-2006. | Preservation Society of Newport County | |
| referencedIn | Hunt, Richard M., 1828-1895. Cornelius Vanderbilt Esq. residence, Newport, [R.I.] [graphic] : [detail drawing of] iron furred ceiling to carriage porch [in plan and section] / Richard M. Hunt, architect. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Eayres, Ted. Coaching reports, 1999-2001. | Preservation Society of Newport County |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI | Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division |
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| associatedWith | Coaching Weekend (Newport, R.I.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Hunt, Richard M., 1828-1895. | person |
| associatedWith | Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1843-1899 | person |
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| Newport | RI | US |
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Establishment 1895
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