The Elms Newport

We had seen several TV programs on the Newport Mansions in the last few years. We wanted to go see some of them in person. We wanted to see how the "filthy rich" lived. We began at the Breakers. It was the 70 room “summer cottage” of the shipping and railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt. When it was built, it cost 11 million dollars (1. …

... owned by one of the Vanderbilt.  This rivaled any of the European palaces Sue and I have seen.   We also thought The Elms was terrific as it had a really rich audio tour.  We also do a very interesting walking tour with a stop now ...

... tomorrow and see what I can discover of family 'roots' or stumps). Most interesting, I drove to look at the great mansions (The Breakers, The Elms and so on) and while they were impressive, what really got me was, the neighbors were home! The people ...

... the so-called greatest architects and designers of the 19th century. We saw The Breakers first then Rosecliff then Marble House then The Elms. It's amazing what you could create with unlimited funds in a time when there was no such thing as income ...

... in the number you’re at, and it tells you about the room. This method of tour-guiding has it’s pros and cons. THE ELMS: Built: 1901 Owner: Edward Julius Berwind and family I loved: the way the house was set up for parties: the Conservatory, ...

Last night, we had wine and cheese and the "sunset" tour of the Elms. Today, we visited the ...

... to walk to the first house since we had drove past it and it didn't seem too far away. The first house was called The Elms. We weren't sure if we could buy tickets to the Breakers house but we walked inside anyway only to be told that we could only buy ...