A Place for Your Ideas

Historical marker location:

282 North Main Street, Providence, Rhode Island

( Marker can be reached from North Main Street (U.S. 1) south of Smith Street, on the left when traveling north.)

The historic Newport Mansions, such as The Breakers and Marble House, were built in the late 1800s and early 1900s by wealthy families like the Vanderbilts and Astors as summer homes.