The Breakers

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Gilded Age mansion historic house mansion museum

The Breakers is a grand Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, built for the Vanderbilt family and renowned for its opulent Italian Renaissance–style architecture.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Marble House 1
Newport Mansions 1
The Breakers (Newport mansion) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gilded Age mansion ⓘ
historic house ⓘ
mansion ⓘ
museum ⓘ
architect Richard Morris Hunt ⓘ
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
Italian Renaissance Revival ⓘ
associatedWith Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ
Vanderbilt family ⓘ
builtFor Vanderbilt family ⓘ
city Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ
surface form: Newport
client Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ
completionDate 1895 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1893 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentUse house museum ⓘ
floorCount 5 ⓘ
governingBody The Preservation Society of Newport County ⓘ
hasFeature carriage house ⓘ
elaborate ceiling frescoes ⓘ
formal gardens ⓘ
grand staircase ⓘ
marble interiors ⓘ
oceanfront terrace ⓘ
two-story great hall ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Historic Landmark

National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
interiorDesigner Jules Allard et Fils ⓘ
Ogden Codman Jr. ⓘ
landscapeArchitect Ernest W. Bowditch ⓘ
location Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ
material limestone ⓘ
namedAfter nautical term "breakers" for waves ⓘ
NHLDesignationDate June 13, 1968 ⓘ
NRHPListingDate September 15, 1969 ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 69000021 ⓘ
numberOfFloors 5 ⓘ
numberOfRooms 70 ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
originalUse summer residence ⓘ
overlooks Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf The Breakers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Newport Mansions
region Newport County ⓘ
roofMaterial red clay tile ⓘ
significantEvent rebuilt after 1892 fire on earlier wooden house ⓘ
state Rhode Island ⓘ
stylePeriod Gilded Age ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vanderbilt family → builtProperty → The Breakers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Breakers (Newport)
Newport, Rhode Island → hasLandmark → The Breakers ⓘ
Ochre Court → near → The Breakers ⓘ
Richard Morris Hunt → notableWork → The Breakers ⓘ
Richard Morris Hunt → notableWork → The Breakers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marble House
subject surface form: Richard Morris Hunt
William Kissam Vanderbilt → owned → The Breakers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Breakers (Newport mansion)
The Breakers → partOf → The Breakers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Newport Mansions