We were not able to take any pictures of the inside of the The Breakers, Cornelius Vanderbilt II's summer cottage. http://tickets.newportmansions.org/mansion.aspx?id=1000 has more information.
It is definitely a mansion:
A picture off the back deck and the ceiling of the deck:
More outside shots.
This was all before income taxes.
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