Alexander Nesbitt — The Preservation Society of Newport County
- 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.
- Scenes from the HBO show "The Gilded Age" were filmed in the historic Rhode Island home.
Alva Vanderbilt's 39th birthday present from her husband was a 140,000-square-foot summer "cottage" on the shores of Newport, Rhode Island.