Kept rosecliff in the family until 1941 then the estate went through several changes of ownership before being bought by mr mrs j.
The rosecliff and marble house mansions in newport rhode island.
Newport mansions is a registered trademark of the preservation society of newport county.
But marble house was much more.
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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.
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Jules allard and sons of paris first hired by the vanderbilts to design some of the interiors for their petit chateau on fifth avenue in manhattan designed the french inspired interiors of marble house.
I could picture guests at parties roaming down this hall as they migrated from the ballroom to the dining room to the conservatory.
A center hall ran the length of the mansion.
Our tickets should not be presented at any other mansion in newport except.