Marble House, USA 🇺🇸

🍓 General information:

- Location: Newport City, Rhode Island State, United States

- Construction in years: 1888-1892 (It takes about 4 years construction. In 2025, this house is 133 years old)

- Style of the House: Beaux-Arts (inspired by the Petit Trianon at Versailles)

- Homeowner (Originator created): Ms. William Kissam Vanderbilt and gave as a birthday present to wife Alva Vanderbilt around her 39th birthday.

- Designer: American architect Richard Morris Hunt

- Purpose created: Built as a "summer cottage" summer house and a social status symbol - for banquets; and women's rights meetings (Alva Vanderbilt used the Chinese Tea House to organize women's rights meetings).

- No. of rooms: 50 rooms (including all service rooms and use sections)

Total area: It is about 1-2 acres (or about 0 004-0.008 km ²).

🎀 Information for visits:

- Opening hours: Open daily from 9: 00 to 17: 00 (or mid-Feb - Dec closes at 16: 00; final visitor closes before 1 hour)

- Entry fee: $20 (about 7xx baht)

- Website: /

🎄 The focus of this place:

- Marble materials: Over 500,000 cubic feet of marble are used throughout the dining room walls using rose stone from Algeria.

- Grand Salon / Ballroom: Decorated with 22 Carats of Gold Leaf and Inspired Sculpture of Greek Mythology

- European reference architecture: inspired by the Petit Trianon and the French Beaux-Arts style (another example is the White House-like Portico).

- This was once the venue of an elite group to enhance their social appearance and welcome many famous guests.

- This was built in 1888-1892. It was built by William Kissam Vanderbilt to give as a birthday gift to his wife, Alva. But in fact, they got divorced in 1895, which was only three years after the house was completed. Because of Mr. Vanderbuilt's many adulteries and infidelity, Alva was unacceptable, and he eventually divorced. The house fell to Alva, where Alva won the divorce case.

- It is currently open to the public.

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