® 2017 Make Your Own History Newport, Rhode Island www.NewportMansions.org The Breakers Mrs. Grace Vanderbilt & guests on the North Star, 1903 “The Breakers is a must-visit museum of the Gilded Age. I felt I had just stepped back in time, into the age when this house was full of summer guests and abuzz with staff. The audio self-tour was well narrated and full of factoids and historical commentary.” Trip Advisor Traveler Review Create Your Own Newport Mansions Experience Whatever your interest - servant life, fashion, decorative arts, technology, architecture, landscapes or family history - you’ll find it at the Newport Mansions. Choose from audio or guided tours, behind-the-scenes and underground tours, children’s tours, garden tours and more, including events like the Newport Flower Show and Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival. There’s something for everyone at the Newport Mansions. Marble House Beneath The Breakers New Underground Tour! See the technology that made the elegance possible. Cornelius Vanderbilt II THE B REAKERS 1895 National Historic Landmark The Breakers is a surviving jewel of the New York See the boiler room, tunnel and Central Railroad fortune, making a statement about the basement of The Breakers as you global sensibilities of the Vanderbilt family. The 70-room summer estate of Cornelius Vanderbilt II includes a two learn about the new domestic and a half story high Great Hall and a Morning Room technology that transformed daily adorned with platinum leaf wall panels. Its interiors life in the Gilded Age, including feature rare marble, alabaster, The Breakers Boiler Room and gilded woods throughout. • The development of electricity; • The emergence of the THE B REAKERS modern elevator; FAMILY T OUR • The modern plumbing Children will love hearing the voice of The Breakers “talk” & laundry facilities; directly to them in this imaginative audio tour. Hear from family • The revolutionary members and staff, and see fanciful creatures like the dolphin hiding infrastructure that heated under the grand staircase and the dragons in the dining room. and cooled the great house. Bring YOUR family – and your imagination! www.NewportMansions.org • 401.847.1000 ROSECLIFF 1902 The audio tour brings Rosecliff’s history and romance to life with never-before-told stories and first person remembrances of its colorful families. From Tessie Oelrichs, who built this fantasy in terra cotta, to the Monroes of New Orleans, the last family to call Rosecliff home, you’ll discover the very human story of Newport’s great party house. An Exhibition at Rosecli PLAN AN EVENT through January 1, 2018 Glistening white and boasting ocean views, Rosecliff provides Featuring 42 original designs from Pierre Cardin’s the perfect backdrop for any spe- private archives, the exhibition celebrates the cial occasion. Whether planning talent and vision of one of the world’s most successful a corporate event or grand fashion designers, from the 1950s through 2016. wedding, this Gilded Age masterpiece is the ideal setting. Included with Rosecliff admission www.NewportMansions.org • 401.847.1000 “Marble House is a remarkable walk-through of how the rich and famous lived. The place itself is stunning! Not only a gorgeous setting, but Alva Vanderbilt is something else.” Trip Advisor Traveler Review THE ELMS 1901 National Historic Landmark The summer retreat of coal magnate Edward Berwind and his wife Herminie, The Elms was a thoroughly “modern” house in 1901. So technologically advanced for its time it appeared to work “as if by magic,” it also houses monumental art works, including wall-sized Venetian paintings, Chinese lacquer panels and tapestries. MARBLE HOUSE 1892 National Historic Landmark Created by Alva Vanderbilt and Richard Morris Hunt and inspired by the Petit Trianon at Versailles, Marble House contains 500,000 cubic feet of marble. Intended as an ultimate statement of Gilded Age privilege, only a few years later it hosted Alva’s “Votes for Women” rallies on the THE ELMS back lawn. Hear the words SERVANT LIFE TOUR of Alva Vanderbilt, her daughter Consuelo and Hear the stories of the many more, brought to life in staff members, including the award-winning audio tour. Alva Vanderbilt the butler Ernest Birch, cook Grace Rhodes, and one of the maids, Nellie See and hear how the Lynch Regoli. Duke of Marlborough You’ll see… Butler & Footmen proposed to Consuelo • Their third-floor living quarters, kitchens, coal cellar, Vanderbilt, his boiler room and laundry rooms American princess. • A rooftop view of Newport (weather permitting) www.NewportMansions.org • 401.847.1000 House to House Walking Times Average Times Kingscote [#7] to The Elms [#5] 12 Minutes The Elms [#5] to Chateau-sur-Mer [#4] 12 Minutes Chateau-sur-Mer [#4] to The Breakers [#1] 12 Minutes Limited Accessibility # # The Breakers 1 Chateau-sur-Mer [ 4] to Rosecliff [ 3] 16 Minutes 7 Kingscote 44 Ochre Point Ave., Newport, RI 02840 Rosecliff [#3] to Marble House [#2] 7 Minutes 253 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI 02840 Parking available at all Preservation Society properties. Map is not to scale and not all roads are shown. 1 Audio Tour Languages Limited Accessibility Marble House 2 8 Chepstow Audio tours of The Breakers, The Elms & Audio tours of The Breakers & 596 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI 02840 Marble House available in English, The Elms also available 120 Narragansett Ave., Newport, RI 02840 French, German & Spanish. in Chinese. 8 Limited Accessibility Rosecliff 3 9 The Breakers Stable & Carriage House 548 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI 02840 2 53 Coggeshall Ave., Newport, RI 02840 3 4 Rovensky Park 5 6 7 9 Chateau-sur-Mer 4 10 Hunter House 474 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI 02840 54 Washington St., Newport, RI 02840 Base Map by Great Swamp Press www.greatswamppress.com 10 Hunter House 11 Green Animals 12 Newport Mansions Audio Tours Preservation Society Topiary Garden Store at Bannister’s Wharf, Property Limited Accessibility Lane Hedley The Elms 5 America’s Cup 11 Green Animals Topiary Garden Elm St. Bellevue Ave. 367 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI 02840 Parking Available Newport Mansions Visitors Spring St. 380 Cory’s Lane, Portsmouth, RI 02871 Second St. Center Thames St. Cory’s lane Memorial Blvd. Parking RT. 114N America’s Cup Newport 10 miles Limited Handicapped Washington St. Wharf Bannister’s Newport Accessibility Hunter 12 10 Green Mansions House 11 Animals Store Bellevue Avenue History Trail Enjoy a self-guided walking tour along Bellevue Avenue to learn Stroller Policy Isaac Bell House 6 about one of America’s most legendary streets. A series of 11 We encourage the use of baby slings or baby backpacks as 70 Perry Street, Newport, RI 02840 markers provides comprehensive information about the history an alternative to strollers. Strollers cannot be accommodated Newport Mansions Store of both existing and long-gone buildings. 12 due to risk of damage to historic walls and furniture. Bannister’s Wharf, America’s Cup Ave., Newport, RI 02840 2017 Schedule 2017 Schedule Schedule subject to change. Schedule subject to change. Through October 9 Open Daily Christmas at the Newport Mansions The Breakers, The Elms, Marble House, Rosecliff, Chateau-sur-Mer, Kingscote, Isaac Bell House, Chepstow, Green Animals Topiary November 18 – December 2 Open Daily Garden, Hunter House & The Breakers Stable and Carriage House The Breakers, The Elms & Marble House The Breakers June 24 – September 4 opens at 9 am, last admission 6 pm December 3 – January 1, 2018 Open Daily September 5 – October 9 opens at 9 am, last admission 5 pm The Breakers, The Elms, Marble House & Rosecliff Rosecliff opens at 9 am, last admission 4 pm Kingscote opens at 10:30 am, last admission 4:30 pm The Breakers & Rosecliff open at 9 am The Breakers Stable & Carriage House open through September 4, 10 am - 5 pm Marble House & The Elms open at 10 am All other houses open at 10 am, last admission 5 pm Last admission at all houses 4 pm Chateau-sur-Mer – Guided Tours Beneath The Breakers Tour hourly on the half hour 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Kingscote – Guided Tours hourly on the half hour 10:30 am – 4:30 pm Isaac Bell House, Chepstow & Hunter House – Guided Tours hourly on the hour The Elms Servant Life Tour hourly on the half hour 10:30 am – 3:30 pm 10 am – 5 pm • All properties closed Thanksgiving & Christmas • December 24 – Last admission 3 pm Beneath The Breakers Tour hourly on the half hour 9:30 am – 4:30 pm The Elms Servant Life Tour June 24 – September 4 hourly on the half hour 10:30 am – 4:30 pm Holiday Evenings at the Newport Mansions September 5 – October 9 hourly on the half hour 10:30 am – 4:30 pm The Breakers – November 25, December 2, 9, 23 & 30 6 pm – 8 pm The Elms & Marble House Duet – December 16 6 pm – 9 pm Marble House open only to Wine & Food Festival ticket holders September 23 & 24 All Houses and Grounds close 1 hour after last tour admission. Rosecliff closed September 18 & 19 Daytime tours of The Breakers, The Elms, Marble House & Rosecliff October 10 – November 17 Open Daily are self-guided audio tours unless otherwise noted. Guide-led tours at The Breakers, The Elms, Marble House, Rosecliff, Chateau-sur-Mer all other houses except Green Animals Topiary Garden. & Green Animals Topiary Garden October 10 – November 4 The Breakers opens at 9 am, last admission 5 pm Rosecliff opens at 9 am, last admission 4 pm All other houses open at 10 am, last admission 5 pm November 5 – 17 The Breakers & Rosecliff open at 9 am, last admission 4 pm All other houses open at 10 am, last admission 4 pm Chateau-sur-Mer – Guided Tours Beneath The Breakers Tour hourly on the half hour 9:30 am – 3:30 pm The Elms Servant Life Tour hourly on the half hour 10:30 am – 3:30 pm Green Animals Topiary Garden open through October 29 Open through October 29 All Houses and Grounds close 1 hour after last tour admission.