Christmas comes to the Newport Mansions

COURTESY PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY
See three of Newport’s mansions, including Marble House, decorated for Christmas starting Saturday.
Posted 11/13/12
Event Dates
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 through Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Event Location
The Breakers, 44 Ochre Point Ave., Newport; The Elms, 367 Bellevue Ave., Newport; Marble House, 424 Bellevue Ave., Newport
Additional Info
The Breakers opens
daily at 9 a.m., The
Elms and Marble
House open at 10
a.m. The last tour
admission at all
three houses is at 4
p.m., houses and
grounds close at 5
p.m. Tickets can be
purchased at each
property or online:
$28 adults, $9
children, free

Experience the Christmas décor of the gilded age starting Saturday at three of the Newport Mansions. The Breakers, The Elms and Marble House will each feature dozens of Christmas trees, wreaths and yards of garland as the holiday season approaches. Highlights include a historic Vanderbilt sleigh and topiary horse in the Great Hall of The Breakers, an 8-foot decorated wreath on the grand staircase of Marble House, and a 15-foot-tall poinsettia tree in the ballroom of The Elms. Guests may tour the properties daily through Jan. 1.

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