Take a 1-minute tour of Marble House 🏛️✨ Built from 1888–1892 for Alva and William K. Vanderbilt, this Gilded Age mansion boasts over 500,000 cubic feet of marble. The dining room, inspired by the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, is lined with rare pink Numidian marble, while the opulent Gold Room (Ballroom) shimmers with 22-karat gold leaf. Once the scene of Alva’s extravagant parties, Marble House is now part of The Preservation Society of Newport County and open to visitors. #newportri #neweng

Marble House rises on Bellevue Avenue with grand columns and cool stone that hint at the scale inside. Completed in 1892 for William K Vanderbilt and designed by Richard Morris Hunt, it helped define Newport’s Gilded Age style. On the ocean side, the Chinese Tea House adds a surprise from 1914, built by Alva Vanderbilt as a pavilion near the Cliff Walk with a front row view of open Atlantic. Mansion lawns, rocky shore, and sea light all meet in one spot. Is this on your Newport must see list? |

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Always a stunner ✨️ Alva Vanderbilt's Bedroom at Marble House Built between 1888-1892 | Newport Mansions

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28K views · 336 reactions | Fun Facts about Marble House ⚜️✨️Did you know...it's modeled after the Petit Trianon at Versailles?⁠ ⁠ #theElms #newportmansions #newportri #thegildedage | Newport Mansions | Facebook