The Marbles Newport Mansion

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.

The marbles newport mansion.

Its temple front portico resembles that of the white house. This palatial estate was designed by william morris hunt and completed in 1892 cost around 11 million. The 50 room marble house one of the first beaux arts structures in the us was built between 1888 and 1892 as the gilded age summer cottage for william and alva vanderbilt. The others being the breakers and the elms.

But alva vanderbilt really was something. The larger mansions are self guided guided. Marble house is a fifty room mansion and required a staff of 36 servants. Marble house the summer home of william k.

The dining room features pink marble and lots of gilded gold. Marble house was built between 1888 and 1892 for mr. The dining room like all of the rooms on the main floor of the mansion was over the top in decor and opulence. From securing the house as an outright gift from her husband at the age of 39.

Vanderbilt is definitely one of the top 3 newport rhode island mansions to see in my opinion. This cottage has such a great history as do all of the mansions in newport. Located at 596 bellevue avenue it is now open to the public as a museum run by the preservation society of newport county. It was a summer house or cottage as newporters called them in remembrance of the modest houses of the early 19th century.

Built just previous to the breakers in 1888 1892 the 50 room marble house was compared frequently to the white house for similarities between their respective porticos. The chinese tea house was added to the property later and hosted many women s suffrage rallies. Inspired by the petit trianon in versailles the 11 million mansion made mostly of marble became a national historic landmark in 2006. A must see fabulous structure built with tons and tons of marble.