Marble House, a Gilded Age mansion located at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, was built from 1888 to 1892 as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Beaux Arts style.

Marble House signaled Newport's transformation into a summer resort of opulent Gilded Age stone palaces. Built with 500,000 cubic feet of marble in an array of colors, it was used by Alva Vanderbilt Belmont as the site of women’s suffrage rallies.

But Marble House was much more: it was a social and architectural landmark that set the pace for Newport, Rhode Island's subsequent transformation from a quiet summer colony of wooden houses to the legendary resort of opulent stone palaces.

Explore the underground systems that made this great house a marvel of technology for its time. For the first time in the 129-year history of The Breakers, the private third-floor family space occupied by generations of Vanderbilts is open for public tours.

Apr 21, 2020 · Marble House is a Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. Designed as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt by the society architect Richard Morris Hunt, it was unparalleled in opulence for an American house when it was completed in 1892.

Marble House, the summer home of William K. Vanderbilt, is definitely one of the top 3 Newport Rhode Island mansions to see, in my opinion. The others being The Breakers and The Elms. This palatial estate was designed by William Morris Hunt and completed in …

One of the earliest residential examples of Beaux-Arts architecture, the U-shaped mansion of four storeys sits on grounds of 4.4 acres with views behind over the cliffs to the Atlantic Ocean. Today, Marble House serves as a museum and is operated by …

Jul 3, 2024 · With its stunning marble exterior and intricate French-inspired interiors, the Marble House is a testament to the wealth of the Vanderbilt family -- and harks back to a time when America's richest family made Newport, Rhode Island their summer playground.

Aug 27, 2024 · Scenes from the HBO show "The Gilded Age" were filmed in the historic Rhode Island home. Alva Vanderbilt's 39th birthday present from her husband was a 140,000-square-foot summer "cottage" on...