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 ...

Travel Here’s how an iconic Newport mansion’s landscape is changing The grounds of The Breakers is being restored to its original condition at the turn of the 20th century.

A divisive proposal to build a welcome center on the grounds of a national historic landmark that’s been called America’s Downton Abbey has been given the go-ahead.

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Officials are planning a multimillion-dollar restoration project on the landscape at The Breakers mansion in Newport. The Providence Journal reports the van Beuren Charitable ...

A proposal to build a visitors center on the grounds of The Breakers, the Gilded Age Vanderbilt family mansion and national historic landmark, is dividing Newport's preservationists, neighbors ...

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, members of Newport ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The group that owns The Breakers mansion in Newport ...

The Vanderbilt family is calling on the nonprofit that owns the Breakers, the clan’s historic former home in Newport, R.I., to drop plans to build a visitors center on the mansion’s seaside grounds, ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - A divisive plan to build a welcome center at The Breakers mansion in Newport is heading for a final review. The city’s zoning board is set to hold hearings Monday and ...

Newport Mansions said that the holiday-wreath making workshop will be held on Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to noon. The floral design presentation is scheduled to happen on Dec. 12 at 6 p.m.