The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Summary
Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 1895. More than any other large Newport residence, it stands as the epitome of its time and symbol of Newport's importance as the "watering spot" of the wealthy.
Survey number: HABS RI-339
Building/structure dates: 1892-1895 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000019
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Vanderbilt, Cornelius
Hunt, Richard Morris
Peabody and Sterns
Allard and Sons
Bitter, Karl
Codman, Ogden
Location
newport, 41.46980, -71.29824
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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