The Marble House Mansion

Marble house is currently closed to the public.

The marble house mansion.

The mansion soon became a landmark in newport society. This palatial estate was designed by william morris hunt and completed in 1892 cost around 11 million. Inside it s walls however a much different picture is painted. Marble house is a gilded age mansion and is located on the coast of the atlantic ocean in newport ri.

It was built as the summer home of mr. 86 reviews of marble house hands down the most impressive mansion on bellevue ave. By newport standards that is. 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. Vanderbilt is definitely one of the top 3 newport rhode island mansions to see in my opinion. Built between 1888 and 1892 the structure used 500 000 cubic feet of marble at a cost of 7 million. Inspired by the petit trianon in versailles the 11 million mansion made mostly of marble became a national historic landmark in 2006.

It was a summer house or cottage as newporters called them in remembrance of the modest houses of the early 19th century. Marble house was built between 1888 and 1892 for mr. Marble house is a gilded age mansion in newport rhode island. Its temple front portico resembles that of the white house.

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. William is the grandson. 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. Garish gold ornate marble royal you name it marble house is arguably the most guilded of all bellevue avenue s residential personalities.

This cottage has such a great history as do all of the mansions in newport. Right around the corner from the marble mansion inn are the beautiful campuses of castleton university and green mountain college.