NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) – A proposal to build a welcome center on the grounds of The Breakers, a Gilded Age mansion once home to Cornelius Vanderbilt, cleared a critical hurdle on Monday. In a 4-1 vote, ...
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — The Vanderbilt family, once synonymous with American wealth and power, has fallen into a full-blown public spat with the organization that now owns their spectacular Rhode Island ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marble walls, ceiling murals, and a 9,000-square-foot ballroom: See inside the historic homes where 'The Gilded Age' was filmed ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Supreme Court is stepping into a fight that has pitted dozens of members of the Vanderbilt family against a nonprofit that owns several Gilded Age mansions in ...
NEWPORT, R.I. — The newest addition to Marble House, the storied Vanderbilt estate, won’t be nearly as visible or eye-catching as the mansion’s opulent facade. In fact, it won’t be seen at all, really ...
It’s no secret that I LOVE historic houses. So naturally, I also love historic mansions. Newport, Rhode Island is home to multiple gorgeous mansions that were once summer homes to some of the richest ...
Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was a prominent Gilded Age socialite who married a Vanderbilt railroad heir. She built palatial residences on "Millionaires' Row" in New York and in Newport, Rhode Island. In ...