1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
Preview
Creation Date
1892
Photographer
Harvey Weber
Location
Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Worktype
mansions; historic houses
Style/Period
Italian Villa Style
Image Type
photographic prints; enlargements (copies)
Image Measurements
width: 40 inches, height: 30 inches
Inscription
[typed label, bottom right:] The Breakers, 1892-95 / Ochre Point, Newport / Architect: Richard M. Hunt / The Newport " palace" par excellence. The climax of the series / of summer mansions of the late nineteenth century. / Photo by Weber
Description
exterior; National Historic Landmark, designated 1964. National Register of Historic Places, designated property 1971, National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property, designated 1972; Photograph exhibited in Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition, 1939, RISD Museum. Curated by RISD Museum Director Alexander Dorner (tenure 1938-1941) and architectural historian Henry-Russell Hitchcock.
Keywords
architecture (discipline); mansions