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.
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It was a summer house or cottage as newporters called them in remembrance of the modest houses of the early 19th century.
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.
The others being the breakers and the elms.
Inspired by the petit trianon in versailles the 11 million mansion made mostly of marble became a national historic landmark in 2006.
Vanderbilt is definitely one of the top 3 newport rhode island mansions to see in my opinion.
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Marble house summer cottage of william k.
Marble house was built between 1888 and 1892 for mr.
It was a social and architectural landmark that set the.
Its temple front portico resembles that of the white house.
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The marble house in newport rhode island.
But marble house was much more.
It is a gilded age mansion and its temple front portico is like tha newport rhode island august 4 2013.
Located at 596 bellevue avenue it is now open to the public as a museum.
Marble house is currently closed to the public.
This palatial estate was designed by william morris hunt and completed in 1892 cost around 11 million.
It is said that the marble alone over 500 000.