Breakers Mansion Newport Rhode Island RI Vanderbilts

This is a short clip of "The Breakers," a 70 room Mansion in Newport Rhode Island RI. Cornelius Vanderbilt II (grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt) and his wife Alice Gywnn Vanderbilt built the house between 1893 and 1895 as their summer cottage. Their regular New York mansion on 5th Avenue was twice the size of the Breakers. The private non-profit Preservation Society of Newport County purchased the house in 1972 for a token sum.

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[sayoexcellent]

That house iis the dream of every human being while only 000000.01% of all human gets to own 1/4 of such a home.

[zachbdude]

its cool inside, but kindof dark.

[iwasalllikebam2]

i went there just yesterday , its lovely. his brother built marble house

[Mark Irons]

I've been there, i went in the time when you could actually take pictures, because it was Christmas.