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The Gilded Age in Newport

By Patricia and Robert Foulke

As Newport replaced wooden summer cottages with elaborate stone mansions in the last two decades of the 19th century and became the prime social center of the East, it fostered an unlikely combination of public decorum, ostentation, and artistic taste. The owners and architects turned to Europe for models and avidly collected its painting and sculpture to decorate their grand houses. Under the guidance of The Preservation Society of Newport County the buildings change little, but opportunities for visitors to imaginatively participate in the life of the era grow.


This year you can see a rare medieval and Renaissance collection in its original setting in Marble House and have lunch or high tea in its Chinese Tea House where Alva Vanderbilt promoted women's right to vote. At The Elms you can take a "behind-the-scenes" tour to see how the staff lived and worked, and eat lunch at its Carriage House Cafe. Last year The Breakers introduced a new audio tour that lets you listen to reminiscences of life in the house, and this year a new family tour extends that method aimed at children.

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