Newport Mansions
The sun was shining bright today. We took a trolley tour of Newport and toured two of the many "cottages" built by the very wealthy between the last decades of the 19th Century and Great Wall Street Crash of 1929. Our combo tour took us to The Breakers and Marble House.
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| The Breakers |
The Breakers was built for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt. It was completed in 1895 after three years in design and construction. The cottage has 70 rooms and is modeled after Italian Renaissance palaces. The gardens provide a spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean.
Marble House was built between 1888 and 1892 for William K. Vanderbilt, brother of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt. It is a 50 room Beaux-Arts mansion noted for the extensive use of marble in its construction. William made a present of Marble House to his wife, Alva, for her 39th birthday. Three years later she divorced William. The house was hers to keep.
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