The Breakers is the most majestic mansion in Newport, serving as a symbol of the Vanderbilt family's great financial and social success. "If you go to France you have to go to Versailles.

Of all of Newport's famous homes, The Breakers mansion is the cream of the summer cottage crop. Commissioned in 1893 by railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt II, The Breakers is a Renaissance-style ...

During the 19th-century Gilded Age, Newport, Rhode Island ... days and hours for the mansions, all of the homes are closed on Christmas Day. The Breakers is also open after dark for Sparkling ...

The Preservation Society of Newport County announced it is beginning a restoration project on the main gates of The Breakers. The two main gates, the crown and two side gates were removed by a ...