Explore the Estate

While the topiary and other gardens at Green Animals in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, are the estate's big draw, a visit to the stately Victorian summer home built between 1859 and 1867 for Amasa Manton and purchased in 1872 by Thomas Brayton is also a must. Though more modest than some of its fellow Newport Mansions, the two-and-a-half story residence is worth exploring in particular because its second floor now houses The Preservation Society of Newport County's collection of antique toys.