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Date
8-1-1974
Description
The original structure at this location was a wood-frame house named The Breakers designed by Peabody and Stearns and owned by Pierre Lorillard. The property was purchased by Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1885 who replaced the original Breakers with this 150,000 square foot Renaissance Revival mansion by Richard Morris Hunt.
Creator 2 Dates
1827-1895
Creator 2 Role
Architect
Building Type
Mansion
Building Style
Renaissance Revival
Subject Headings
Renaissance revival (Architecture); Mansions -- Rhode Island -- Newport; Historic buildings -- Rhode Island -- Newport
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Newport
Street Address
44 Ochre Point Ave
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chester; Hunt, Richard Morris; and , "Newport: Cornelius Vanderbilt II House (The Breakers)" (1974). Browse All. 1069.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1069
Keywords
architecture, Renaissance revival, Newport, mansion
Notes
Bibliography: Jordy, William H, Ronald J. Onorato, and William M. K. Woodward. "Buildings of Rhode Island." Oxford: New York, 2004. p. 561-562.