The Breakers (Newport, R.I.)

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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.

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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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