The Breakers is located on Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, on the Atlantic Ocean. (). It is a National Historic Landmark, and is owned and operated by the Preservation Society of Newport County.

The Breakers is a mansion, built as the Newport summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a member of the wealthy United States Vanderbilt family. Designed by renowned architect Richard Morris Hunt and with interior decoration by Jules Allard and Sons and Ogden Codman, Jr., the 70-room mansion was constructed between 1893 and 1895 at the then-astronomical cost of more than seven million dollars. The Ochre Point Avenue entrance is marked by sculpted iron gates and 30-foot high walkway gates are part of a twelve-foot-high limestone and iron fence that borders the property on all but the ocean side. The 250' x 150' dimensions of the five-story mansion are aligned symmetrically around a central Great Hall.

Part of a 13-acre (53,000 m²) estate on the seagirt cliffs of Newport, it sits in a commanding position that faces east overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Because the previous mansion on the property owned by Pierre Lorillard IV burned down in 1892, Cornelius Vanderbilt II insisted that the building be made as fireproof as possible and as such, the structure of the building used steel trusses and no wooden parts. The designers created an interior using marble imported from Italy and Africa plus rare woods and mosaics from countries around the world. It also included entire rooms purchased from great chateaux in France.

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Wollongong Hawks vs New Zealand Breakers live now on FIBA LiveStats http://is.gd/5NKZP for livescoring #fazastream
danielfarrellnz (Daniel Farrell) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:29:54 -0000
Wollongong Hawks vs New Zealand Breakers live now on FIBA LiveStats http://is.gd/5NKZP for livescoring #fazastream
Wollongong host New Zealand. Who u got ? I like the Breakers here, Hawks missing their MVP and NZ need to get rolling
JoshJenkins24 (Joshua Blake Jenkins) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:05:04 -0000
Wollongong host New Zealand. Who u got ? I like the Breakers here, Hawks missing their MVP and NZ need to get rolling
I can't wait to see day breakers this weekend .
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I can't wait to see day breakers this weekend .
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Legon. Revolt of Youth. 9. Up In The Air. Brothers. Day Breakers. I want to see those.
rozzmonster (Rozlin Ciara Gomez) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:07:38 -0000
Legon. Revolt of Youth. 9. Up In The Air. Brothers. Day Breakers. I want to see those.
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