Garish gold ornate marble royal you name it marble house is arguably the most guilded of all bellevue avenue s residential personalities.
The marble house mansion.
The others being the breakers and the elms.
Its temple front portico resembles that of the white house.
It was built as the summer home of mr.
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.
It was a summer house or cottage as newporters called them in remembrance of the modest houses of the early 19th century.
Vanderbilt is definitely one of the top 3 newport rhode island mansions to see in my opinion.
Marble house the summer home of william k.
William is the grandson.
By newport standards that is.
Additionally we are surrounded by vermont s natural beauty and the green mountains.
Inside it s walls however a much different picture is painted.
Inspired by the petit trianon in versailles the 11 million mansion made mostly of marble became a national historic landmark in 2006.
Built between 1888 and 1892 the structure used 500 000 cubic feet of marble at a cost of 7 million.
Marble house is a gilded age mansion and is located on the coast of the atlantic ocean in newport ri.
This cottage has such a great history as do all of the mansions in newport.
This palatial estate was designed by william morris hunt and completed in 1892 cost around 11 million.
The marble house set the stage for newport to transform from a quiet village into a playground filled with grandiose summer homes for the wealthy.
The mansion soon became a landmark in newport society.
Marble house is currently closed to the public.
Nestled in beautiful fair haven vermont we are about 45 minutes away from killington ski resort.
Right around the corner from the marble mansion inn are the beautiful campuses of castleton university and green mountain college.
Marble house is a gilded age mansion in newport rhode island.