Simply astonishing 🙏🏼! Just to think that today they build $100million dollar homes that cannot hold a candle to this beautiful mansions.

@PierreRepooc

2 жыл бұрын

Yes that’s for sure.

To think that this is their "beach cottage" where they would retreat from the city for rest and relaxation. Those interiors would not let me relax as I would be constantly obsessing over all the dust.

@songbirdy

4 жыл бұрын

E Johnson If you can afford a house like this you can afford to hire help to keep away the dust.

@forward_ever_ever2595

3 жыл бұрын

Thats just it, there would be no dust...

@AskMiko

2 жыл бұрын

They had 30 servants living there so dust wasn’t an issue. All the servants did was cook and clean while attending to the owners and visitors.

@tristan90us

5 ай бұрын

Imagine, these ridiculous people thought they needed 6 chairs in their their bedrooms. Imagine thinking that. Imagine.

The mansions in Newport, Rhode Island are definitely worth the trip.

@anthonyboarman3833

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's on my bucket list.

@ramencurry6672

11 ай бұрын

I was there last year in the morning on a wet weekday. The great thing was that it was almost empty so it felt more like a private tour making it more of a Time Machine experience.

Those copper pots alone are worth more than my house.

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

Pat Quint Likely mine too🤪

Oh the dusting ! It must be endless. Beautiful home.

Thank's to share. I think it's was a great tour. Visiting a place like this. Despites being home to an upper class family , it's remarcable! The Vanderbilt family was one of those that built América and changed The XX century. Thank's. Hughs from Brasil

@PierreRepooc

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for viewing and your positive outlook on the history of that era.

What a stunning home. All of them are. Just beautiful. The quality, the craftsmanship, the detailing is magnificent

Such unimaginable WEALTH!!!!💰💰💰💰💰

when you get to the music room take a good look at the piano. It’s a Steinway...surprise. I donated an Identical one to the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, mine was built in 1886 and this ones from that era as well. Model C Parlor Grand.

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

Well that is interesting. Thank you for the information much appreciated.

@azchick1820

4 жыл бұрын

Wow! We liv in Scottsdale and are HUGE fans of the MIM! Will definitely check out your Steinway the next time we visit! Thank you!

@CrybabyArtist

4 жыл бұрын

pianos don't age well at all, the older they are the less they are worth no matter who made them.

@brucetominello7440

4 жыл бұрын

Gary Bulthouse there Are many experts that would disagree with you but you’re certainly entitled to your opinion.

I am gkad that these magnificent mansions are both preserved and on display. They represent the height of architecture and structural beauty. Thank you for the videis

@PierreRepooc

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you

Thank you for sharing this video. I love visiting the palaces of the aristocracy here in Europe and seeing clips of the gilded age mansions, which one day I hope to visit in person. I thoroughly enjoyed your tour

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

Stef Bellelli love your comment.

That human beings can even conceive of such ornate and complicated decoration is amazing.

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

This is not the first or the last.

i toured the house in the mid 90's and it took my breath away. The other Vanderbilts homes, like the Marble House is stunning as well. The Hammersmith house, Jacqueline Kennedy's childhood summer house was very homey - I think I read somewhere that they don't have that open to the public anymore.

I read that Mrs. Vanderbilt herself went to Italy and Paris to pick out the Marble, Chandeliers and Furnishings.

Very nice video-killer house.

Very nice casual tour of an American architectural masterpiece. The Breakers is constructed and furnished with more opulent materials than the public rooms at Buckingham Palace.

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

Duke of Haas Good observation. Thanks.

@talmadge1926

3 жыл бұрын

The Breakers was constructed for one purpose only. To show off wealth. Personally I find it suffocating.

Nice, abit brief tour. LOVED the piano music started at the music room!

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it. The piano music starting in the music room I just couldn’t pass up and it’s nice to know it was noticed. Thank you.

the coolest house!!

Sublime.

I thought the same thing about dust. Just mowing the lawn looks like a full time job. The reason most of these beautiful palaces were knocked down is no one can afford the upkeep or taxes.

I can’t imagine living that life. Just amazing

That entrance hall screams, I have more money than you, and you, and you, and you... So take that Carnegie, Rockefeller, DuPont, Morgan, Ford...Vanderbilt's WIN!!!

@lj5801

3 жыл бұрын

Ever go through Henry Flagler's Whitehall in Palm Beach (the little town that he founded) with its entrance hall big enough to fit a 3 bedroom ranch with lawn around it? It's 100' (or 110') x 40.' Granted that it does not go up through several floors as Flagler wanted it to feel "intimate." Photos do not capture the sheer scale of the room; you have to see it in person to really understand its size. Then there's the ballroom...

@elizabethferguson7002

3 жыл бұрын

@@lj5801 Flagler Estate I will check it out. Thank you. Take care. Be Well😊

I'm from RI and visited this many times ! The grandeur and beauty of construction is amazing ! if I'm not mistaken 4000 masons from Ireland came to work on this.

@PierreRepooc

Жыл бұрын

I can’t confirm the number of masons but 4000 would be about right I would think. I love your State and also have a video on Benefit Street in the state capital.

Really Fascinating, I try to envision how the beautiful seasons would havd been in Such a Beautiful home an the ocean views, so tranquill, Enjoyed the home tour Mary Canada 🍀🍁

@PierreRepooc

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the tour. Try the other mansions if you are so inclined; from one Canuck to another.

Beautifully filmed! There is amazing family history contained in that home, all told in the book FORTUNE'S CHILDREN: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF VANDERBILT. "Downton Abbey" worthy story!

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

njhawk89 Thank you and thanks for the book recommendation.

@njhawk89

4 жыл бұрын

@@PierreRepoocYour work is so beautiful!!

@baidzbeam

2 жыл бұрын

@@PierreRepooc wonderful I actually went there and it’s so much cooler irl

@ramencurry6672

11 ай бұрын

Was there last year. Will probably visit the other Vanderbilt mansion in Asheville North Carolina sometime within the next few months

Just visited for the first time this week and I loved it.

@PierreRepooc

11 ай бұрын

It is very impressive for sure.

This kind of living is a Ball-Breaker today! People have changed and even have contempt for this kind of materialistic excess and decadence. 38 years ago, I took a tour to the mansions in Newport and I caught mansionites. I got so sick of it. Then I heard of all the super rich long ago that took their lives in this most affluent area.

I highly recommend the book "The Myth of the Robber Barons" to get insight into these great men of industry.

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

I’ll take a look. Thanks

@Sue-vb1nc

4 жыл бұрын

Yes or the PBS production of "The Men Who Built America" quite the back story there also

@Jinka1950

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. Mr. Gold...a fabulous book. Capitalism is the way.....

@johnmac91

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jinka1950 If only someone could convince the Democrats of that.

@Jinka1950

3 жыл бұрын

John Mac The DemocRATS are interested in socialism, control. They ashore capitalism...too much individual freedom....

That is cool

Thanks from all of us who can’t get to these beautiful properties ourselves. Nice video.

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks. I hope you do get to go and see it in person. It’s the best way to see these spectacular treasures.

Magnificent!

They shouldn't have torn down the Vanderbilt mansion on Fifth Avenue. Bergdorf could have repurposed the mansion for their store instead of tearing it down.

@amzanz9145

4 жыл бұрын

Felice Graziano did u just watch the video before this?

@visionist7

4 жыл бұрын

@@amzanz9145 I've read about it on LostNewYork.com

@visionist7

4 жыл бұрын

@Dojocho tear down the store and build an art deco supertall. Get shOp or however you spell it to design it

The music room's walls are leafed in platinum! I also like that the bathtubs have hot and cold fresh water and H & C salt water. The original Breakers burned due to a boiler malfunction: The boiler for this "cottage" in under the gatekeeper's house with pipes to the main house. Guess the gatekeeper was expendable.

@PierreRepooc

3 жыл бұрын

Very informative thanks

@sunshinefairy6651

2 жыл бұрын

As a child some fifty plus years ago, My big takeaway from the Breakers was the hot and cold salt water as well as hot and cold "regular water". That is still the first thing I think of remembering the Breakers. I just couldn't believe the extent of effort and expense for luxury and now I understand also for their health. The second immediate memory is the beauty of the music room, and then the indoor water fountain.

My entire house would easily fit inside the Great Hall with lots of room to spare.

@peggyh4805

4 жыл бұрын

David Gold I have toured the cottage several times. It does make one feel like they live in a shoe box. I remember being especially awed by the ceilings.

@johnmac91

4 жыл бұрын

@@peggyh4805 It is certainly mind blowing to consider the wealth these people had (not that there's anything wrong with that). I specifically recall listening to the recorded tour and realizing that they had spent almost as much on a single chandelier as I earn in a year. And mind you, that was in the early 1900's. Adjusting for inflation, it would be several times my salary. Incredible.

@TheLusianPopa

Жыл бұрын

Im pretty sure that Great Hall is about 50 ft square and 50 ft tall.. must be quite overwhelming in person.

Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt II was literally extremely rich, wow.

The gilded age was part of US history like it or not. There are people today that have as much or more wealth. Times change constantly so hating on these people doesn’t help. Money only cushioned the bumps but doesn’t guarantee health or happiness.

Outstanding video. Thank you so much for sharing.

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

Lady Many thanks for the lovely comment.

That was a nice presentation.👍

Despite the over the top opulence, I found it warm and inviting,

Awesome video thanks so much

@PierreRepooc

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment.

Great tour of a beautiful home. Thank you!

The building's symmetry makes this a standout amoing other 19th century megamansions like Waddesdon and Biltmore.

I went there back in October 2018, and I have to tell you, seeing it up close, you get that WOW! factor. It was unbelievable when you see it up close. Pictures and other videos just doesn't do it justice. You have to see this in person like I did.

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I couldn’t agree more. An an in person tour and walk through is the best possible experience. Thanks for your comment.

@dannyboy34677

4 жыл бұрын

Pierre Repooc Productions no problem

That was a very nice tour!😄

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Beautiful

Actually there a family living spaces on the third floor (bedrooms and sitting room) as well servants’ rooms. The mansion, prior to being purchased, leased to the Preservation Society and the Vanderbilt descendants used the third floor as living quarters.

@PierreRepooc

2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Thanks for the comment.

Watch the series “The Men Who Built America”, believe it’s 4 episodes each 1 hour long. Amazing! The Vanderbilts, for whom these homes belong, is the subject of the first episode.

@PierreRepooc

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information.

I am hoping that the mansions reopen soon they are truly beautiful I live in newport and I have never known them to be closed to the public so sad

@bisiolanipekun7212

3 жыл бұрын

opened yet? plan visiting in 2weeks.

SEVENTY THREE Servants? Wow!

Thank you for this great tour and information for those of us that can't go there.

Very nice 😀

Well done. Thanks.

The place employed a lot of people. Making the money go around is good

@wholeNwon

4 жыл бұрын

Noblesse oblige....at least a little "oblige".

The Great Gatsby movie with Robert Redford. My favorite house.

That bathtub is stunning in her Master. Interesting, the servants quarters were on the upper level.

@Snail_Nailz

3 жыл бұрын

In the grand country estates, aka “summer homes” housemaids (women) were placed at the top level, men servants such as butlers often slept in the kitchen, or one of the lower rooms (meant for specific servant tasks like shoe polishing or brewing beer)....this had a lot to do with the time of year they visited these homes. Without forced air, the natural way to keep cool was to sleep closer to the ground floor...the poor maids were basically sweltering all summer.

@jaeboogie2786

3 жыл бұрын

@@Snail_Nailz thanks for that information. It's crazy to think that the family had the sickest mansions but they were hot as hell.

@Snail_Nailz

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaeboogie2786 money can’t buy everything...especially if it doesn’t yet exist haha 🤣🤣🤣

@bw2082

3 жыл бұрын

Weren’t they upstairs in downton abbey?

I love Newport !

A house for the wealthy before income taxes. Many people today would be satisfied with a small house and today's technology.

very interesting look at a by-gone era!

@PierreRepooc

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, always interesting to have a window on a bygone era.

So crazy that all that opulence and no toilets. Definitely a bygone era. Incredible.

@RAA12586

2 жыл бұрын

I went there today, I saw two, some are easily passed and not visible, also the third floor has always been blocked off from the public, that was for the family.

@queencerseilannister3519

2 жыл бұрын

@@RAA12586 Oh ok, awesome! Thanks.

The only thing old enough in my home for that house is probably my great great great grandmother’s Irish tea cup set

Very nice video. Thank you! While I admired the wonderful craftsmanship, some of the rooms, especially the public ones, were over-the-top and just vulgar, typical of the late 19th century when the new rich wanted to show off their wealth. Regards.

Wonderful video! I toured the Breakers around 2010 and, in spite of the magnificent antiques and structure, I found it a bit weathered looking. I suppose the maintenance costs of these places prevents the state from really keeping them pristine. Still, the mansion was breathtaking.

@PierreRepooc

2 жыл бұрын

Grateful for your comments. Many thanks.

Es maravillosa

I love the way you move your camera. So soothing

@PierreRepooc

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mindy for the kind comment.

Good job on the video, what a summer home!

I wonder what their breakfast, lunch, and dinner foods were. What was the normal meal comprised of?

@cliffordgill9052

4 жыл бұрын

FOOD!!!🙄😂

Wow, his summer cottage is better than my normal house

Thank you for the video.

@PierreRepooc

3 жыл бұрын

You're most welcome and thanks for the comment.

It would be a full time job just keeping the fires stoked in all of the fireplaces.

I toured this house back in the 80’s. While parts are impressive, I remember being disappointed how gaudy some rooms are. Sign of the times.

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

rgrndu Yes, I would guess your right there.

Great video! Thanks for sharing

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it. Many thanks.

@bettyflipkowski235

4 жыл бұрын

Alan Paul sßßß

We lived in Newport in '94-'95. The tours were all guided. I am gathering they are recorded now? I have also heard they offer servants tours now, that would be very interesting! Thank for you these videos, I am enjoying seeing the mansions again!

@PierreRepooc

3 жыл бұрын

Some are still guided. But most are self guided with a player and headset. Glad you are enjoying them. you should try to get back to tour them in person.

Lovely video! thank you so much!an amazing look into one of the wealthiest families home,makes me curious about the servants and how thy lived,maybe another video?

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks. I’ll leave your request for the other video to someone smarter than me.

Constructed in an amount of time that can not be acheived today.

They intentionally used the term "cottage" as a big fat joke back in the day.

@jaynelson9617

4 жыл бұрын

vanity cloaked in humility, condescension cloaked in modesty. Biblical "deceitfulness of riches."

@libertygiveme1987

4 жыл бұрын

David - Yeah, funny!!!! Those "Elites" could be a "LAUGH RIOT"!!!!

More mansion tours please!!

@PierreRepooc

2 жыл бұрын

If you’re serious I have a number of other Newport mansion tours. Just GOOGLE Newport mansions and “Pierre Repooc Productions”. If you fine my playlist on the mansions it would have them all. Or each one is on You Tube separately. Hope this helps.

@happymv5350

2 жыл бұрын

@@PierreRepooc - doing a marathon Newport mansion evening now. Love it!! With the Gilded Age movie series I imagine your channel will have a gazillion followers.

@happymv5350

2 жыл бұрын

@@PierreRepooc - The Rosecliff....holy cow. I visited in the mid 80s. Stunning,

To think the property tax on this mansion back in the 20's was over $80k a year... (I wonder does part of the family still live on the 3rd floor as part of the agreement, when the Breaker was donated?) Their NYC mansion was $150k a year. Even with what the trust fund left his wife which was $250k a year she still couldn't afford the NYC mansion, which employed 22 people to maintain. Cornelius spent over $20 million buying up the properties around him to make the mansion what it was, to only have developers buy it all back for a little over $7 million.

@bethknight4436

4 жыл бұрын

The preservation society which owns the building kicked out the last two family members (a couple of years ago) who lived in an apartment on the second floor. This was because they protested the society building a visitors center on the grounds. The society claimed that the apartment wasn’t up to code for plumbing and wiring and posed a danger to the building. It was an elderly brother and sister who had lived there for their entire life.

Nice cottage.

Please sell me on how🧐? Next text! Like all those before! Beautiful ❤️ Outstanding Architects will never forget.

Would be interesting to see how much it would cost to clone excluding the fancy furniture and fittings, I reckon £5-12 million pounds for the reinforced concrete frame, then maybe 200k-500k for the staircase, couple of million pounds for the windows basic structure for £20 million pounds uk 🇬🇧 plus god knows how much for decorating inside plus gardens.

@Markus-rq9gz

2 жыл бұрын

this mansion costed around 300 million in todays money

@TheLusianPopa

Жыл бұрын

it would cost a few hundred million the land alone, in a location like that, would be worth alot keep in mind all the furniture and artwork is museum level

I have been to the Breakers, so I know that this video was too short to really show how grand the Breakers really is.

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

Well, that is certainly one point of view. Nevertheless, the average view time is only 4 minutes for this 8 minute video. Thanks for the comment.

@Fandango541

4 жыл бұрын

@@PierreRepooc Ignore rhi gel's comment. What has he done that is of note, other than learning how to wipe his own ass at the age of 33? [rhi gel's mother: "It took so long!].

It reminds me of downton abbey in ways

Today the money is in the hands of bankers and corporations ..they have no soul...thus steel and glass. Their art work has to be explained to you. God gave us the ability to know and see beauty. when you come to a place such as this ...there is no need for explanation...You see beauty instantly. Its like when you fall in love with someone...it just appears out of the darkness. God is beauty.

In my personal Perspective . Don Shula had the Exit of a Knighted Englishman ........ This Guy ,, gifted with Opulence ,, passed on as well , ---------------------------------------------------------------- Both Forgotten in the infinite Sands of Time .....

Get the feeling the “cottage” is haunted.

Why are houses like these not called castles. And what defines a castle vs a mansion?

@dougvb2096

3 жыл бұрын

These were their summer cottages. Their other houses were much bigger.

@FireFox-xx1nu

3 жыл бұрын

A castle needs to withstand marauding knights and restless peasants. A mansion needs to avoid various taxes.

@lawriefoster5587

2 жыл бұрын

I just use the term "The Big House"

Too many dark and cluttered rooms in a setting that should be more airy. By far the largest cook stove I've ever seen.

Ну и где теперь эти Вандербильты? Ни один богач даже гвоздя с собой отсюда не унёс.

This mansion wss sold for $365k in 1972 about $2.5 million today and even at that was considered overpriced!! barely survived demolition!! our country does not appreciate its heritage so many beautiful buildings are long gone. Sad

great tour - so interesting to see proof that money cannot buy taste !

@albertcook1960

4 жыл бұрын

You are not considering the time this house was built. That was considered good taste. 100 years from now people will look at us and say the same thing about our houses, our way of dressing ourselves etc etc.

@songbirdy

4 жыл бұрын

X X Least it was solid and built to last. Today's mansions pale in comparison.

@XX-gy7ue

4 жыл бұрын

@@albertcook1960 , NONSENSE , take a course in art history , read a book , THINK !

@XX-gy7ue

4 жыл бұрын

@@songbirdy , but they didn't last - they were out of date , before the plumbing needed to be repaired - and most of these fabulous monstrosities were pulled down within a generation ! which actually is a shame !

@albertcook1960

4 жыл бұрын

X X we see you have good taste. Including on your name X X. Chill man/woman or whatever you are. No need to be so intelectual to realize you are committing anachronism and even being subjective when using “good taste”.

anyone else came here cuz of gwelle?

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

Can only guess as to who guelle might be, so I really have nothing to add?

@RamRam-rm3bb

4 жыл бұрын

Pierre Repooc Productions no I came from gwelle and stayed for the video it was made greatly

@baybaysmistno1

4 жыл бұрын

ME-

Anderson Cooper’s family once lived here!

@PierreRepooc

3 жыл бұрын

I guess that would be right he being the son of Gloria Vanderbilt.

I don't think Andersen Cooper would want that back

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

I’m afraid I don’t get it? Who is Anderson Cooper

@MrPrentissDJones

4 жыл бұрын

@@PierreRepooc Anderson Cooper would probably be considered one of the heirs to the Vanderbilt fortune. His mother was a Vanderbilt (Gloria Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt granddaughter), he is now a CNN anchorman.

It's funny how gaudy, and overly busy the sensibility was. Intricate + more intricate = wealth. In the late 19th century that was the shit. Also, looks like some of the decor out of Real Housewives of New Jersey.

I love Newport. Toured The Breakers several times. I must say I simply dont recall seeing the safe for the Silver? 🍴 🤔

@PierreRepooc

4 жыл бұрын

I believe a safe for the valuables was the norm for those with as many servants coming and going in these big places.

When I lived up north, I saw these mansions. The people who owned them were an unhappy lot. Divorce, etc. The average person has problems, but these people seem to be miserable.

I wish I lived there

@PierreRepooc

2 жыл бұрын

Yes you dreamer. Me too.

@holidays4825

2 жыл бұрын

Not I, nobody needs that much house! Just greed and more greed, sad :(

It’s cool to see Vanderbilt’s modest little summer retreat. The running water in the entrance hall is so relaxing! (I could wish visitors didn’t wear awful shorts…kind of ruins the gilded age vibe!)

@arslongavitabrevis5136

10 ай бұрын

Good observation. I agree 100% but is too late. Too many decades of vulgarity have ruined 90% of North Americans., not only that, the American disease has spread all over the world; most people are bloody slobs!

At least it wasn't torn down to make room for a modern mega mansion.

The owners of the Breakers & Marble House in Newport were brothers and sons of Cornelius Vanderbilt. The wives hated each other and were always trying to “out-do” one another. The original Breakers house was made of wood and burnt down and was rebuilt by the Vanderbilt’s with this home. Marble House was a gift to Alva Vanderbilt from her husband. She eventually divorced him and married the man down the street, Oliver Hazard Belmont. He owned a gothic mansion down the road from Marble House in Newport. Alva remained owner of Marble House after the divorce and used the home to host suffrage meetings for women’s Right To Vote. Amazing history in Newport. Bellevue Avenue in Newport is like going back in time.

@PierreRepooc

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this information. They are amazing people.