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.

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 ...

Alva Vanderbilt was the force behind the French inspired palace called "The Marble House." The Gilded Age relic is preserved in the Rhode Island seaside town of Newport -- the storied 19th century ...

About this Event: Jim Donahue and Maria D'Amario will usher members through Marble House, the Gilded Age palace built for Alva Vanderbilt, on an exclusive virtual tour.

When the Vanderbilts lived at Marble House, the Trophy Room was a set of two connected dressing rooms for Alva Vanderbilt and Consuelo Vanderbilt. The Preservation Society turned it into a room for ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.