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 is named for the 500,000 cubic feet of marble featured throughout the home. When Alva Vanderbilt divorced her husband in 1895, she maintained ownership of Marble House and custody of ...

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Tickets A standard one-house ticket, which can be used for Marble House, costs $25 per adult and $10 for children ages 6 to 17. Children 5 and younger can tour the mansion for free.

She is a team leader at Marble House, where she has been leading tours through the storied Vanderbilt mansion since 2020. She also gives tours at a number of other Newport Mansions.

NEWPORT, R.I. -- Marble House oozes decadence, from the 22-karat gold leaf decorations to the Corinthian columns at the front entrance to the lavish ceiling paintings of Greek gods.

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.