Marble House was Alva Vanderbilt's 39th birthday present. She later became a leader in the women's suffrage movement.

Of all of Newport's famous homes, The Breakers mansion ... one of the top things to do in Rhode Island. Commissioned in 1893 by railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt II, The Breakers is a ...

It's not because the Rhode Island Constitution ... Gilded Age" TV series. Vanderbilt, after a second marriage to Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, would live in the Marble House mansion on the site.

Key Highlight: Though The Breakers is often considered the "must-see" of the Newport mansions ... can use the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority's No. 67 trolley. Marble House is open daily ...

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Marble House is in Newport, Rhode Island.Alexander Nesbitt — The Preservation Society of Newport County ...