The Marble House 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.

The marble house rhode island. But marble house was much more. For detailed information about access for visitors with special needs please call 401 847 1000. Located at 596 bellevue avenue it is now open to the public as a museum. It was built as a summer cottage for alva and william vanderbilt and it contains 500 000 cubic feet of marble.

The two were married in 1875 13 years before marble house was conceived. 44 ochre point avenue newport ri 02840. Vanderbilt in west virginia. It was built as the summer home of mr.

Check the operating schedule. It was a social and architectural landmark that set the. The breakers marble house the elms and rosecliff are partially wheelchair accessible. Marble house is a gilded age mansion and is located on the coast of the atlantic ocean in newport ri.

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. Garish gold ornate marble royal you name it marble house is. 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.

86 reviews of marble house hands down the most impressive mansion on bellevue ave. By newport standards that is. Inspired by the petit trianon in versailles the 11 million mansion made mostly of marble became a national historic landmark in 2006. 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.

Alva erskine smith a native of mobile alabama met william k. Inside it s walls however a much different picture is painted. Its temple front portico resembles that of the white house.