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. Oct. 20, 1894.
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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....
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1843-1899
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Cornelius Vanderbilt was the favorite grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, who bequeathed him $5 million, and the eldest son of William Henry Vanderbilt (who bequeathed him about $70 million) and Maria Louisa Kissam. In his turn, he succeeded them as the chairman and the president of the New York Central and related railroad lines in 1885. On February 4, 1867, he married Alice Claypoole Gwynne (1845–1934); they had seven children. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage on September 12, 1899, at...
Hunt, Richard Morris, 1828-1895
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Richard Morris Hunt (born October 31, 1827, Brattleboro, Vermont – died July 31, 1895, Newport, Rhode Island), American architect of the nineteenth century and an eminent figure in the history of American architecture. He helped shape New York City with his designs for the 1902 entrance façade and Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, and many Fifth Avenue mansions since destroyed. Hunt is also renowned for his Biltmore Estate, America's largest ...
