Newport County is a breathtaking city by the sea in Rhode Island. Gorgeous and well preserved mansions on sprawling lawns by the water are enough to make you day dream on how fabulous it must be to live there.
Two of the 10 historic house museums I was able to visit with my kids are the Breakers and the Marble House- both jaw droppingly beautiful. The Breakers, is the grandest of them all , was built by Cornelius Vanderbilt II, while the Marble House was built by his brother William Kissam Vanderbilt.
Sorry for the limited photos. Picture taking wasn’t allowed inside the mansions:(
The Breakers
Entrance to the Breakers
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s bedroom
one of the bathrooms
One of the Breakers’s larger kitchens
2nd floor foyer of the Breakers
Ocean facade of the Breakers
massive lawn
on the Newport Cliff Walk- scenic trail for strolling/ jogging
Before heading to the 2nd mansion, we stopped by the St. Mary’s Church. This was where John F. Kennedy and Jackie Bouvier were wed in September 12, 1953.
St. Mary’s Church in Newport
My favourite Newport Mansion- The Marble House
Marble House Entrance
Types of Staff members needed to maintain the Marble House
Marble House ocean facade
gorgeous lawn and a charming chinese tea house on the right
marble house, newport, rhode island, the breakers
