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, ...

A hundred years ago, America's wealth concentrated in New York's Fifth Avenue. Today, the richest Americans reside in places ...

Stroll through the Gilded Age at The Breakers, an architectural masterpiece built for a railroad mogul and his family more than a century ago in seaside Newport, R.I. Between 1893 and 1895, Cornelius ...

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 ...

I've toured eight Gilded Age mansions in Newport, Rhode Island, and the Hudson Valley, New York. The mansions feature incredible displays of wealth such as walls covered in gold and silver. The homes ...

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 ...

This iconic Vanderbilt mansion is a quintessential example of Gilded Age extravagance. Built for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, it's a 70-room Italian Renaissance-style palazzo overlooking the Atlantic ...

You can bring modern technologies into old buildings and do it seamlessly,” said Mike Taber, director of properties.

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