The Marble House Mansion

This cottage has such a great history as do all of the mansions in newport.

The marble house mansion.

Marble house was built between 1888 and 1892 for mr. 86 reviews of marble house hands down the most impressive mansion on bellevue ave. Built between 1888 and 1892 the structure used 500 000 cubic feet of marble at a cost of 7 million. Marble house is a gilded age mansion and is located on the coast of the atlantic ocean in newport ri.

Nestled in beautiful fair haven vermont we are about 45 minutes away from killington ski resort. Additionally we are surrounded by vermont s natural beauty and the green mountains. The mansion soon became a landmark in newport society. Garish gold ornate marble royal you name it marble house is arguably the most guilded of all bellevue avenue s residential personalities.

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. By newport standards that is. 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.

This palatial estate was designed by william morris hunt and completed in 1892 cost around 11 million. It was built as the summer home of mr. Marble house the summer home of william k. 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.

Marble house is a gilded age mansion in newport rhode island. It was a summer house or cottage as newporters called them in remembrance of the modest houses of the early 19th century. William is the grandson. The others being the breakers and the elms.

Its temple front portico resembles that of the white house. Right around the corner from the marble mansion inn are the beautiful campuses of castleton university and green mountain college.