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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The prestigious Vanderbilt Estate is Set to Auction in Cooperation with Kylie McCollough and Judy Chace of Mott & Chace Sotheby's International Realty Sandy Point Farm, in addition to its historic ...

Marble House was completed in 1892 as a summer home for William K. Vanderbilt and Alva Vanderbilt. Built with half a million cubic feet of marble, it features 50 rooms and spans 140,000 square feet.