Tripatini contributor Ed Wetschler writes:

"A modern, bridge-like addition to the rooftop allows visitors to view the gardens, with their spectacular trees, statuary, and fountains, but the roof's design blocked the servants from enjoying this view. Understand, if the servants had been able to look out at the guests on the lawns, then the guests on the lawns would have been able to look up and see the servants. And in such lovely surroundings, who wanted to think about how the servants live?"

Read more in his post A Tour of the Hidden Servants´Quarters at The Elms in Newport, Rhode Island."