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2. Look inside the Breakers, a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot ...

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   As heir to the family fortune, he built a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot mansion on the shores of Newport, Rhode Island, as a summer escape for his wife, Alice Vanderbilt, and their seven children.

3. The Breakers - Wikipedia

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   The gate at The Breakers. Cornelius Vanderbilt II purchased the grounds in 1885 for $450,000 (equivalent to $15.3 million in 2023). [4] The previous mansion on the property was owned by Pierre Lorillard IV; it burned on November 25, 1892, and Vanderbilt commissioned famed architect Richard Morris Hunt to rebuild it in splendor.

4. I've toured 8 historic Gilded Age mansions. Here are the most ...

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   I've toured eight Gilded Age mansions in Newport, Rhode Island, and the Hudson Valley, New York. ... Cornelius Vanderbilt II and his wife, Alice Vanderbilt, built The Breakers, a 70-room, 138,300 ...

5. The Breakers (1878) - Wikipedia

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   After acquiring the property, Vanderbilt rehired Peabody and Stearns to remodel the building, [19] becoming the first of many Vanderbilts to own property in Newport. [20] Reportedly, Vanderbilt spent an additional $500,000 improving the estate over the next five years, [1] with 80 men alone working on the renovations in 1886 which included ...

6. This $2.9M SC waterfront mansion for sale has 10 fireplaces ...

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   This $2.9 million waterfront mansion for sale in South Carolina has 10 fireplaces, including one in a bathroom. Take a look. This $2.9M SC waterfront mansion for sale has 10 fireplaces — even ...

7. Vanderbilt houses - Wikipedia

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   Marble House, Newport, RI "Marble House" summer home in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1888 to 1892. [3] "Château Vanderbilt", a Louis XIII style manor house built in 1907 along with three thoroughbred race tracks in Carrières-sous-Poissy, France. Designed by M. Henri Guillaume. Emily Thorn Vanderbilt (1852–1946), (Wife of William Douglas Sloane)

8. You Can Quite LITERALLY Live Like a Vanderbilt in This ... - AOL

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   The sprawling property, commissioned by Anderson Cooper’s grandfather, was a hub for horse breeding and lavish gatherings during the Gilded Age.

9. Biltmore Estate - Wikipedia

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   Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina, United States.The main residence, Biltmore House (or Biltmore Mansion), is a Châteauesque-style mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895 [2] and is the largest privately owned house in the United States, at 178,926 sq ft (16,622.8 m 2) of floor space and 135,280 sq ft ...