Newport Mansions at Holiday Time: The Breakers

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3 жыл бұрын

Join Jim Donahue, Curator of Historic Landscapes and Horticulture for The Preservation Society of Newport County, in a virtual tour of The Breakers, dressed for the holidays. The interior of this famous Gilded Age mansion is annually transformed with elaborate, festive décor. Using a new technology called Matterport, Mr. Donahue will virtually guide attendees from the comfort of their own homes, exploring the first floor of this opulent estate built for Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt II in 1895.
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@lmoore155 2 жыл бұрын

We so enjoyed our many trips to Newport over the years! When first visiting in the very early 70’s there was still an elderly woman still in residence on the 2nd floor, so there was no visitation there like today. The woman we were told was in her 90’s and quite possibly could have been the Countess! It was also a terribly rainy day, and we were waved forward and permitted to park our little VW beetle right at the front door! It was such fun as newlyweds to pretend we were arriving at “our home”!

@billbowers268 2 жыл бұрын

Nice presentation .

@user-du8ku1wd4m 2 жыл бұрын

I worked for Carolyn Burford Skelly, of Skelly Oil, back in 1983 and 1984. I was a young Naval Officers Wife, my husband was attending The Naval SWO school. She owned Boire Dore Narragansett Avenue in Newport. What a experience! We attended the New York Yacht club celebration in Newport, RI when Dennis Connors won the Americas Cup in 1984!

@halinadoncaster6942 2 жыл бұрын

Great tour. Compliments on tree decor as it matches the personality of this great house. Have been there in summer many times. Thank you.

@judyholiday1794 3 жыл бұрын

I used to live a couple of hours away from the Biltmore House and we loved taking the Holiday tour..I would love to visit the Breakers who knows maybe one day I will..

@dojocho1894 2 жыл бұрын

Great job loved it.

@pamelamcfadden337 2 жыл бұрын

You should visit the International Tennis Hall of Fame A Stanford White incredible building and some of the last Grass Tennis Courts left in America. Many greats enshrined in the Wonderful museum " The Casino " is stunning.

@marilynb2439 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful !

@kikisklaws 2 жыл бұрын

I am in love with Newport

@billbowers268 2 жыл бұрын

Too bad Lynwood Hall in Pennsylvania wouldn't be preserved as beautiful as the Breakers . We will never see such elegant living like this again .

@galleryguide9913 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting to see how this house now functions with relation to the visiting public. One minor correction; the house is modeled on a Genovese palazzo not piazza. A piazza is an outdoor space.

@patty4709 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoy the Breakers in Palm Beach. Never visited Breakers in New Port. Bet it is lovely at Christmas.

@paulrosa6173 2 жыл бұрын

Right at the beginning the lecturer uses the word "Piazza" (plaza or square) instead of "Palazzo" - Palace. He meant Palazzo.

@jrgnc1 3 жыл бұрын

And now the Vanderbilt fortune is done, gone and wasted away by the heirs...

@dojocho1894 2 жыл бұрын

The Rothschild mafia and federal reserve killed it.....there were no taxes back then.. then the war broke out and the scam for the need to pay taxes they didnt have the opportunity to have tax shelters like the rich people do today with off shore accounts hiding money in the Cayman Islands.