NEWPORT — The Preservation Society of Newport County says it’s closing the famed Gilded Age mansion for 3 months beginning Monday.
However there’s good news for mansion aficionados — Marble House, a preferred Newport destination and National Historic Landmark that’s been closed since last March due to the coronavirus pandemic is reopening to visitors.
“We’re excited to welcome travelers again to this spectacular house and share its fascinating history,” Trudy Coxe, CEO and executive director of the Preservation Society stated in a statement.
Marble House was accomplished in 1892 as a summer residence for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt of New York City. It was designed by famed architect Richard Morris Hunt with inspiration from the Petit Trianon at Versailles, France.
Hunt was also commissioned by Cornelius Vanderbilt II to design The Breakers after it burned down in an 1892 fire. The Italian Renaissance-style mansion was accomplished in 1895.
The Breakers is scheduled to reopen by May 28, Coxe stated.
