The Marble House Rhode Island

It was a summer house or cottage as newporters called them in remembrance of the modest houses of the early 19th century.

The marble house rhode island.

Marble house a classical work of art located on famed bellevue avenue in newport rhode island was the summer home of william and alva vanderbilt. 44 ochre point avenue newport ri 02840. 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. It was a social and architectural landmark that set the.

The two were married in 1875 13 years before marble house was conceived. Marble house is a gilded age mansion and is located on the coast of the atlantic ocean in newport ri. 86 reviews of marble house hands down the most impressive mansion on bellevue ave. By newport standards that is.

The breakers marble house the elms and rosecliff are partially wheelchair accessible. Vanderbilt in west virginia. 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. Its temple front portico resembles that of the white house.

Check the operating schedule. Marble house was built between 1888 and 1892 for mr. Alva erskine smith a native of mobile alabama met william k. Inside it s walls however a much different picture is painted.

It was built as the summer home of mr. It was built as a summer cottage for alva and william vanderbilt and it contains 500 000 cubic feet of marble. Inspired by the petit trianon in versailles the 11 million mansion made mostly of marble became a national historic landmark in 2006. Located at 596 bellevue avenue it is now open to the public as a museum.

Marble house is currently closed to the public. Garish gold ornate marble royal you name it marble house is. But marble house was much more.