The Breakers

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• Scandalous Newport, Rhode Island

  Larry Stanford
  Scandalous Newport, Rhode Island

  Larry Stanford, 2013

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When was The Breakers listed on the National Register?+

Sep 10, 1971. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

When was The Breakers built?+

1893, designed by Richard Morris Hunt, in the Renaissance Revival architecture style.

Source: Wikidata

Where is The Breakers?+

Ochre Point Ave., Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for The Breakers?+

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 71000019. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.