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In the late 1800's, many of the immensely wealthy families of the industrial revolution chose to express their new-found social status by building incredible Newport mansions and estate homes. Many of these palatial homes have stunning oceanviews and more than enough privacy. They were the summer cottages of the richest people in the United States and they didn't spare any expense when it came to contructing these estates, many of which can be seen from Newport's famous Cliff Walk.
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One Of The Last Grand Houses To Be Built During The Gilded Age, Champ Soleil Is A Stunning 17-century French Chateau Sited On Famed Bellevue Avenue. Built By Polhemus & Coffin In 1929, The Home Was Commissioned For The Drexels, One Of America’s We...
The Orchard - One Of The "famed Golden Age Summer Cottages" Is Nestled Steps From The Historic Ocean Cliff Walk. Recently The Entire Estate, Internally And Externally, Has Been Thoughtfully And Extensively Restored To An Exceptionally High Standar...
'honeysuckle Lodge' - C 1886 Waterfront Cliff Walk Estate Designed By Renowned Architectural Firm Peabody & Stearns With 2 Acres Of Grounds Originally Designed By Frederick Law Olmstead. Impeccably Maintained Over The Years With Many Recent Upgrad...
Luxury, Elegance, And Sophistication Define This Centrally Located Gilded Age Mansion. “rockry Hall”, A Gothic Revival Was Built By Seth Bradford In The Late-1800s. Soon After Construction A Fire Ravaged The Mansion. When The Home Was Being Rebui...
Discover mansions for sale in Newport and learn that between 1880 and 1910, railroad barons, steel magnates, and captains of American industry employed the best architects of the day to build homes that would rival French chateaux and European palaces. Landmark properties by Richard Morris Hunt, McKim, Meade & White, Horace Trumbauer, and other architectural giants offer a glittering legacy of fabulous estates along Bellevue Avenue and Ocean Drive.
Today many of these Gilded Age "cottages" are owned and maintained by the Newport Preservation Society, but a few stunning Newport mansions including Fairholme, Plaisance, Wildacre and Wyndham remain in private hands and are now available for sale.
The grandest and greatest of the "summer cottages", the Breakers is a symbol of the Vanderbilt Family's financial and social preeminence during the late 1800s. Cornelius Vanderbilt II commissioned architect Richard Morris Hunt to come up with a villa to replace the wood-frame house was destroyed by fire in 1892. Under Hunt's guidance, an international team of craftsmen created a stunning, 70-room Italian Renaissance-style palazzo inspired by the famed 16th Century palaces found in Turin and Genoa. Today the Breakers is owned by the Newport Preservation Society and is a designated National Historic Landmark.
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Listing information last updated on November 28th, 2020 at 2:02am EST.