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The library at Marble House in Newport is decorated for Christmas in 2017. In Rhode Island, Newport was HGTV's pick, with the charm of the mansions decorating in their holiday splendor winning the ...
Holidays at the Newport MansionsNov. 22– Jan. 1, 2025 The Preservation Society of Newport County, the steward of some of the most popular mansion museums in the city, has a whole slate of events ...
The Elms mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, is decorated for Christmas. Dan Hanscom/Shutterstock Newport is known for its famous mansions like The Breakers , The Elms, and Marble House.
The family, including Cornelius, Alice, Gertrude and Gladys, had been staying at the house for the Christmas holiday. [22] At the time, Vanderbilt stated that the house was insured for $125,000, the furniture for $75,000 and the boiler for $10,000, a total of $210,000, at least several hundred thousand dollars less than what it was worth. [ 22 ]
Marble House, a Gilded Age mansion located at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, was built from 1888 to 1892 as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Beaux Arts style.
Rough Point viewed from the Newport Cliff Walk Rough Point music room. Rough Point is one of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, now open to the public as a museum. It is an English Manorial style home designed by architectural firm Peabody & Stearns for Frederick William Vanderbilt. [1]
Through Jan. 1, newportmansions.org.Dozens of decorated fir trees, fragrant florals and twinkling lights adorn The Breakers, Marble House and The Elms this season, including the 15-foot poinsettia ...
Impeccably decorated gilded mansions, larger-than-life Christmas trees, lavish parties with plenty of eggnog, cobblestone streets dusted in fresh flakes and ocean views is how Newport does the ...