Marble House

Local nameMarble House
LocationNewport, Rhode Island, United States

Marble House, a Gilded Age mansion located at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, was built from 1888 to 1892 as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Beaux Arts style. It was unparalleled in opulence for an American house when it was completed in 1892. Its temple-front portico resembles that of the White House.The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006. It is now open to the public as a museum run by the Newport Preservation Society.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_House

Official Website https://www.newportmansions.org/explore/marble-house

Coordinates 41°27'43.496" N -71°18'20.206" E

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