Breakers, The (Newport, R.I.)
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Breakers Mansion (Newport, R.I.)
The Breakers (Newport, R.I.)
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found: Work cat.: NUCMC data from Preservation Society of Newport County for Coaching reports, 1999-2001(The Breakers; Newport, R.I.)
found: Preservation Society of Newport County WWW, Aug. 29, 2006(The Breakers; a wooden house purchased by Cornelius Vanderbilt II in 1885; in 1893 commissioned architect Richard Morris Hunt to design a villa replacing the house which had been destroyed by fire the previous year. Created a 70 rm. Italian Renaissance style palazzo for use as a "summer cottage"; house inherited by family members and opened to the public in 1948 with funds received by Preservation Society of Newport County; purchased by the society in 1972; now open to the public. Designated a National Historic Landmark)
found: GNIS, Aug. 29, 2006(The Breakers; building; variant: The Breakers Mansion; Newport County; map: Newport; lat.: 41⁰28ʹ12ʺN; long.: 071⁰17ʹ55ʺW)
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2006-08-29: new
2006-10-07: revised
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