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Construction on visitors center at The Breakers to begin

Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2014 file photo, visitors walk past a lamppost sculpture, right, near an entrance to The Breakers mansion, rear, in Newport, R.I. The group that owns The Breakers mansion is declaring victory in its long-running battle to build a visitors center on the grounds of the national historic landmark, following a decision by the Rhode Island Supreme Court. The high court on Jan. 21 declined to intervene in an attempt to block zoning approval for the project. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Group declares victory in battle over historic mansion

By MICHELLE R. SMITH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2014, file photo, visitors walk toward an entrance to The Breakers mansion in Newport, R.I. Preservationists, architects and dozens of members of the Vanderbilt family have taken out an ad in a newspaper in hopes of quashing a plan to build a visitors center at The Breakers estate in Newport. The ad, which ran Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Newport This Week, says the plan would &quot;desecrate The Breakers landscape&quot; and &quot;permanently mar this national symbol of Newport's Gilded Age.&quot; (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

High court steps into fight on Vanderbilts’ Breakers mansion

By MICHELLE R. SMITH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2014, file photo, visitors walk toward an entrance to The Breakers mansion in Newport, R.I. Preservationists, architects and dozens of members of the Vanderbilt family have taken out an ad in a newspaper in hopes of quashing a plan to build a visitors center at The Breakers estate in Newport. The ad, which ran Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Newport This Week, says the plan would &quot;desecrate The Breakers landscape&quot; and &quot;permanently mar this national symbol of Newport's Gilded Age.&quot; (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Vanderbilts sign ad opposing visitors center at The Breakers

By MICHELLE R. SMITH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2001 file photo, visitors take advantage of free admission to tour The Breakers mansion in Newport, R.I. Neighbors of The Breakers estate in Newport are suing to block a new welcome center that's planned for the site of the mansion, built in the Gilded Age by the Vanderbilts, then one of the nation's most prominent and wealthy families. The neighborhood association filed the lawsuit Friday, March 7, 2014 in Newport Superior Court against the Preservation Society of Newport County, which owns several mansions in this seaside tourist town, operating them as museums. The 70-room Breakers, a national historic landmark, is its crown jewel and draws 400,000 visitors annually. The group wants to build the center on the 13-acre grounds of the mansion to provide visitors with services, including ticketing, accessible restrooms and prepared sandwiches.(AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)

Lawsuit: Stop welcome center at Vanderbilt mansion

By MICHELLE R. SMITH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2001 file photo, visitors take advantage of free admission to tour The Breakers mansion in Newport, R.I. The Preservation Society of Newport County proposed building a visitor center in 2014 that would sit on the mansion's grounds. The society said it would be unobtrusive and would provide necessary services that currently are lacking at the popular tourist attraction. Some nearby residents are fighting the plan. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)

Plan for Vanderbilt mansion in RI to go forward

By TOM SHEVLIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2001 file photo, visitors take advantage of free admission to tour The Breakers mansion in Newport, R.I. The Preservation Society of Newport County proposed building a visitor center in 2014 that would sit on the mansion's grounds. The society said it would be unobtrusive and would provide necessary services that currently are lacking at the popular tourist attraction. Some nearby residents are fighting the plan. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)

Welcome center roils tourist destination Newport

By MICHELLE R. SMITH - Associated Press