The Marble House Newport

Experience the iconic cliff walk which winds past famous gilded age mansions like the breakers and marble house.

The marble house newport.

Take a virtual tour of marble house by clicking here. It was a social and architectural landmark that set the pace for newport s subsequent transformation from a quiet summer colony of wooden houses to the legendary resort of opulent stone palaces. By newport standards that is. Located at 596 bellevue avenue it is now open to the public as a museum.

The gothic room at marble house in newport r i. The others being the breakers and the elms. Marble house is a gilded age mansion and is located on the coast of the atlantic ocean in newport ri. Explore all of newport ri.

Inside it s walls however a much different picture is painted. Vanderbilt is definitely one of the top 3 newport rhode island mansions to see in my opinion. Marble house the summer home of william k. 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. Watch a video about marble house. 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 was built as the summer home of mr. Learn about the mansions newport s historic past and iconic american millionaires like the vanderbilts and astors. Its temple front portico resembles that of the white house. It is said that the marble alone over 500 000.

But marble house was much more. Then hop into your car and drive down bellevue avenue and around ocean drive. Ira kerns preservation society of newport county for more info. Marble house newport.