Built by Cornelius Vanderbilt II, one of the richest men in America, The Breakers was everything a millionaire of the Gilded Age(A sarcastic term coined by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner)could want in a summer getaway.
The Breakers was built from 18931895 to replace a smaller, wooden house that had been destroyed by fire. #newportri #thebreakers #newportmansion