Ep.2: Marble House, Part I

[@magnumopus9033]

I wish you continued making these videos :( ! this is exactly what i had been looking for. !!!!! All of the vanderbilt mansions and the other gilded age houses.

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

Two stunning videos. I hope that in time you can make some more of them. Thank you for creating them.

[@eastmanwebb5477]

Thank you for taking the time to create this video. I hope you find an opportunity to create more.

[@Dina52328]

Many years ago, I had the opportunity to tour Marble house. It is awe inspiring and pictures don’t do it justice. You just have to see for yourself. These rich people lived like royalty. Apparently, Marble house was used only a few weeks during the summer. This was the time when the Vanderbilt family and other prominent people in Newport would try to outdo each other by having the most lavish and extravagant summer parties. I read in a book that after Alva’s divorce, she locked up Marble house and only used it as storage. SMH 🤦‍♀️

[@Victoria_VO]

Love your beautiful descriptions! My daughter attends Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison NJ, and that is a former Vanderbilt mansion. I would enjoy your descriptions of their “summer cottage “!

[@theilliad4298]

It’s still one of the most expensive houses ever built in the United States . Even though not that big, that marble and bronze really pushed its cost!

[@tjbren576]

Alva was an amazing person in many ways. All of her homes were worth preserving - though few, sadly, were. Almost as nice as her 5th Avenue chateau was Beacon Towers, prior to William Randolph Hearst getting his hands on it. Thanks for sharing this!

[@heinverwey7620]

Very informative - Thanks !

[@surferdude4055]

When can we get the new episode?

[@mikesexplorations9314]

Part 2 please, the inside and gardens

[@franklesser5655]

What's fascinating is that it's called "Marble" House and is actually built of marble!

[@davideatwell6577]

I don't think this house really cuts the mustard

[@Justabarb]

What about the inside people? Lol

[@paulsmith8212]

She couldn’t take it with her although she may still be there . Wonder what Cornelias thought about that one ?

[@susiefisch]

Which Cornelius? The Commodore, the original patriarch and maker of. the Vanderbilt fortune, died in 1877. Cornelius II was her brother-in-law, and lived at the Breakers in Newport.

[@unaninanine3743]

You won't take anything with you either

[@paulsmith8212]

@@unaninanine3743 yes mam, I believe you are correct.

[@liciasullivan840]

Stollen from the Moors...smh