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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I've toured eight Gilded Age mansions in Newport, Rhode Island, and the Hudson Valley, New York. The mansions feature incredible ...

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 ...

NEWPORT, R.I. — The newest addition to Marble House, the storied Vanderbilt estate, won’t be nearly as visible or eye-catching as the mansion’s opulent facade. In fact, it won’t be seen at all, really ...