The Marble House Mansion

The mansion soon became a landmark in newport society.

The marble house mansion. Marble house was the 2nd of the 3 mansions we visited during our thanksgiving recess trip to newport and it was decorated for the holidays. Stop seven the marble house this is one of many notable victorian era buildings that attest to the prosperity urbanna enjoyed as an oyster processing center in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Marble house was built between 1888 and 1892 for mr. The grounds house five pools a heated marble driveway that cost 6 million a panic room a bowling alley and more.

Marble house is a gilded era mansion built between 1888 and 1892 and was the summer cottage of alva and william vanderbilt. 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. Yearly maintenance runs to at least 1 5 million. So glad we came here.

86 reviews of marble house hands down the most impressive mansion on bellevue ave designed to be a more reasonable version of the palace of versailles in france marble house is a compact and slightly regular looking mansion. Lord byron van wagenen schooner captain whose family owned an oyster house and a pickle factory built the marble house at the turn of the century. Built between 1888 and 1892 the structure used 500 000 cubic feet of marble at a cost of 7 million. It was built as a summer cottage for alva and william vanderbilt and it contains 500 000 cubic feet of marble.

Belmont and became alva belmont. Marble house is a gilded age mansion in newport rhode island. Created by architect richard morris hunt in 1892 the marble house is a gilded age mansion which is one of the most magnificent newport rhode island mansions ever seen. It cost approximately 11 million dollars to build and it was given to alva by her husband on her 39th birthday.

Its temple front portico resembles that of the white house. It was a summer house or cottage as newporters called them in remembrance of the modest houses of the early 19th century.