NEWPORT, R.I. (WJAR) — The Preservation Society of Newport County announced it is adding more tour hours for two of its most popular Newport mansions tours. There will be additional opportunities for ...

More than a century ago, America's wealthiest families commissioned their "summer cottages" to be built in the coastal enclave of Newport, Rhode Island, along the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. The era's ...

(WJAR) — The Newport Mansions announced that it will be holding decorating tours and workshops this holiday season. The holiday activities include a behind-the-scenes holiday decoration tour at The ...

Newport, Rhode Island, was once the epicenter of the Gilded Age—and still is, in a way, thanks to the famous Newport mansions. The quaint New England city grew from a booming port town to a seaside ...

Explore the opulent rooms of Alva Vanderbilt's $11 million birthday present from her husband William Hear first-hand about the extensive planning that goes into decorating a Gilded Age landmark for ...

Newport’s mansions are more than relics of opulence—they are living chronicles of ambition, technological innovation, and changing social tides in Gilded Age America. Each estate bears the hallmark of ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — The Preservation Society of Newport County is offering free admission to local residents at the Newport Mansions on March 8 and 9. Newport County residents, who live in ...