The Marble House Newport History

Located at 596 bellevue avenue it is now open to the public as a museum.

The marble house newport history.

Marble house is currently closed to the public. A look at marble house s rich history. By newport standards that is. Marble house summer cottage of william k.

Marble house is a gilded age mansion and is located on the coast of the atlantic ocean in newport ri. This palatial estate was designed by william morris hunt and completed in 1892 cost around 11 million. 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. Garish gold ornate marble royal you name it marble house is.

The rhode show is wpri 12 s daily lifestyle show for having fun eating well and living life. Inside it s walls however a much different picture is painted. The newport mansions are always a perfect place to take visiting family and friends and at marble house you get the added bonus of the tea house. Flickr joy the tea house has recently undergone extensive renovation to ensure it is around for the public to enjoy for years to come.

Today both the breakers and the marble house belong to the preservation society of newport county. Marble house was built between 1888 and 1892 for mr. Architect richard morris hunt was the first american educated at the école des beaux arts. 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. Marble house 1888 1892 was built for mr. Marble house the summer home of william k. It was a summer house or cottage as newporters called them in remembrance of the modest houses of the early 19th century.

Designed to be a more reasonable version of the palace of versailles in france marble house is a compact and slightly regular looking mansion. It is said that the marble alone over 500 000. It was built as the summer home of mr. The mansion was built as the newport summer home of.

86 reviews of marble house hands down the most impressive mansion on bellevue ave. Both are also national historic landmarks and make very clear why author mark twain coined. Vanderbilt referred to as her temple to the arts.