A Closer Look: The Breakers Newport’s Gilded Age Mansion | Cultured Elegance

A Closer Look: The Breakers Newport’s Gilded Age Mansion | Cultured Elegance

In this video, we will explore inside the Vanderbilt’s Newport mansion called the Breakers. Together let’s travel back in time as we tour Cornelius and Alice Vanderbilt’s mansion.

Location: Newport, Rhode Island

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[paco]

It's nice that they just stuck with the basics for the vacation house. Too many people overdue it in their second homes. This one seems only slightly above the grass hut in a tropical locale. 😂

[nickyzhu]

Honestly love how they’re so rich and they decide to built such a humble little cottage for small family get togethers in the country ☺️☺️☺️☺️

[Periwinklelee]

I hope that our architects and structural engineers will study these types of buildings. These buildings have gone thru the test of time, and yet they're still standing. So I'm sure the materials used were not substandard. This is why it's important to preserve these historical buildings, not just the Vanderbilt homes, but all across the world who holds significant value that the future generation will benefit from. May they learn from it, or apply it in their endeavors.

[eversunnyst.petersburg]

I toured this estate and it is magnificent. I love the architecture and layout of the rooms. Beautifully furnished a nice historical estate.

[michellesilver]

Beautiful place. Toured it in 2010. Just unbelievable

[Henrythearcher]

Thats my favorite house ever ❤ the billiard room also appears on The Gilded Age as the Russell's House 😊

[apothk]

Been there! The bathrooms featured fresh and salt water which I thought was pretty amazing for that time. I even climbed the rocks at the shore and got kissed by a wave 😄🌊

[aimeefriedman]

I've been to all the mansions a plethora of times.
I'm awestruck at the detail of EACH ROOM, EACH CORNER. WHAT MIND WORK AS WELL AS CRAFTMANSHIP

[tangerineblossom]

I can't believe this only took two years to build

[LJB]

Let's kick it up a notch: the silver panels in the morning room are actually platinum! For scale: the human figures in the arches over the dining room windows are 6' tall. When I first went to the Breakers, you went up and down the grand staircase; now everyone uses the "back" stairs. At the mansion's centennial celebration, Countess Szapary (her mother inherited the mansion) talked about sledding down the grand stairs on a silver tray as a child. The bathrooms have hot and cold running water - both fresh water and salt water. I do suspect that his brother George's house, Biltmore, could give the Breakers competition for summing up the Gilded Age

[petrofilmeurope]

That's what I mean, you could do it - blend people's background with history and timely elegance. Good work. Thank you.

[tamieckert]

“Perfect Account” of the “Breaker’s Mansion” Thank you for your beautiful videos❤🥰✅👏👏💐

[BFFBuddyFionaandFriends]

Thank you for the excellent video. I particularly liked the presentation because it was like going on a tour.

[NelsonClick]

It truly is beautiful. I've always loved the idea of an internal central courtyard. I didn't know about the water feature under the stairs till I saw this video. Thank you

[Kodakcompactdisc]

Stunning house, I just can’t believe they used the morning room sometimes when it wasn’t morning 😒

[SylvieMoon]

amazing that human beings made such stunning buildings like this one

[tamieckert]

Esthetically love every element of the work put into every nook and cranny and it’s laborers always had plenty of work done on the solid structure on a solid foundation. If beautifying all homes for everyone to their way they wanted could be achieved, in that it doesn’t have to be exact expensive materials but good enough to be strong enough, I believe it could be achieved. Then there would be less idle time for people to squawk about differences, or so much competition in getting things accomplished. Everyone would be busy. And it’s not necessary to have a thousand acres when 5 to 20 is sufficient, unless you’re just keeping property to sell for industrial plans. Some industrial parks can be smaller, depending on their designs.

[CulturedElegance]

✨Tell me your favorite Newport Mansion??! ✨

[exeterline]

It was designed to catch the breeze coming off the ocean into the balcony and go up throughout the entire house.

[raebean]

That's so cool. Thank you. There's nothing like it here in Australia ❤