The Breakers

This was the 70-room summer estate of New York Central Railroad President Cornelius Vanderbilt II. It includes a two and a half story high Great Hall and a Morning Room adorned with platinum leaf wall panels. Its interiors feature rare marble, alabaster, and gilded woods throughout. It is hard to believe how big these mansions are and to think that they were only used approximately 12 weeks a year as summer cottages! The Breakers had a beautiful view of the Atlantic Ocean. While going through this mansion we ran into Richard and Karen....they had stayed back in the Foxboro/Boston area for a few days...we couldn't believe we ran into each other again.