The Breakers (Newport, R.I.)
History notes:
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.
Links to collections
Cecil Stoughton's White House Photographs, January 29, 1961–December 31, 1963
John F. Kennedy Library
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
Coaching Weekend (Newport, R.I.). Coaching Weekend materials collection, 1968-2006.
Preservation Society of Newport County
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
Eayres, Ted. Coaching reports, 1999-2001.
Preservation Society of Newport County
Related names in SNAC
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Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1843-1899
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Hunt, Richard M., 1828-1895.
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Coaching Weekend (Newport, R.I.)
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- RI, US
Variant Names
Breakers, The (Newport, R.I.)
Cornelius Vanderbilt residence (Newport, R.I.)
