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.

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 ...

Alva Belmont, then WK Vanderbilt’s wife, costumed for a fancy dress ball which she gave in March of 1883.Bettmann/Getty Images Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was a prominent Gilded Age socialite who married ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (Amazing America) — If you're yearning for a taste of the Gilded Age's opulence, the Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island, offers a splendid journey back in time. Constructed with a ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Preservation Society of Newport County (RI) has hosted 1 event in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2011 Vignette. Alva Vanderbilt was the force behind the ...

NEWPORT – George Russell survived the Season 3 finale of "The Gilded Age," but is his marriage to Bertha long for this world? Not if the experience of the real-life socialite on whom Bertha is based ...

Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was a prominent Gilded Age socialite who married a Vanderbilt railroad heir. She built palatial residences on "Millionaires' Row" in New York and in Newport, Rhode Island. In ...