The Breakers
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, a member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: Gilded Age Vanberbilt mansion in Newport, Rhode Island
- Also known as: “The Breakers Mansion”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Breakers and National Museum of American Illustration.
The Breakers
Museum
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The Breakers was a Queen Anne style cottage designed by Peabody and Stearns for Pierre Lorillard IV and located along the Cliff Walk on Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island.
National Museum of American Illustration
Museum
The National Museum of American Illustration, founded in 1998, is the first national museum to be devoted exclusively to American illustration artwork. National Museum of American Illustration is situated 2,100 feet west of The Breakers.
Chateau-sur-Mer
Museum
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Chateau-sur-Mer is one of the first grand Bellevue Avenue mansions of the Gilded Age in Newport, Rhode Island. Located at 474 Bellevue Avenue, it is now owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County and is open to the public as a museum. Chateau-sur-Mer is situated 1,900 feet west of The Breakers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newport and Jamestown.
Newport
Newport is a beautiful seaside city in Rhode Island that is famous for its genteel mansions and a rich history of yachting, golf, and tennis. With a population of only 25,000, this scenic resort town punches well above its weight and was known as the "Summer White House" throughout the 1950s and 60s.
Jamestown
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Jamestown is village on Conanicut Island, a small parcel of land that connects mainland Rhode Island to Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay. Jamestown is 25 miles south of Providence and offers plenty of shopping, dining and recreation.
Middletown
Middletown lies south of Portsmouth and north of Newport, Rhode Island. This geographical location is what gave this town its name. Middletown was founded in 1743 when unjust taxation and a growing population caused freeholders in Newport to petition for independence.
The Breakers
- Category: mansion
- Location: City of Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“The Breakers” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ذا برايكرز”
- Chinese: “听涛山庄”
- Chinese: “聽濤山莊”
- Dutch: “The Breakers”
- Finnish: “The Breakers”
- French: “The Breakers”
- German: “The Breakers”
- Italian: “The Breakers”
- Japanese: “ブレーカーズ”
- Japanese: “ブレイカーズ”
- Portuguese: “The Breakers”
- Spanish: “The Breakers”
- Thai: “คฤหาสน์เบรกเกอส์”
- Turkish: “The Breakers”
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