page_title: Marble House
hierarchical_section_title: Marble House
caption_attribution_description: Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island
context_page_description: Marble House is a Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. Designed as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt by the society architect Richard Morris Hunt, 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. Located at 596 Bellevue Avenue, it is now open to the public as a museum run by the Preservation Society of Newport County.
context_section_description: Marble House is a Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island.  Designed as a summer cottage for  Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt by the society architect Richard Morris Hunt, 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. Located at 596 Bellevue Avenue, it is now open to the public as a museum run by the Preservation Society of Newport County.
caption: The western facade, facing Bellevue Avenue
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