Explore the opulent rooms of Alva Vanderbilt's $11 million birthday present from her husband William Hear first-hand about the extensive planning that goes into decorating a Gilded Age landmark for ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marble House.Alexander Nesbitt — The Preservation Society of Newport County Marble House was completed in 1892 as a summer home ...
Marble House was completed in 1892 as a summer home for William K. Vanderbilt and Alva Vanderbilt. Built with half a million cubic feet of marble, it features 50 rooms and spans 140,000 square feet.