Edgar monroe of new orleans in 1947.
The rosecliff and marble house mansions in newport rhode island.
Newport mansions is a registered trademark of the preservation society of newport county.
A center hall ran the length of the mansion.
I could picture guests at parties roaming down this hall as they migrated from the ballroom to the dining room to the conservatory.
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Jules allard and sons of paris first hired by the vanderbilts to design some of the interiors for their petit chateau on fifth avenue in manhattan designed the french inspired interiors of marble house.
Kept rosecliff in the family until 1941 then the estate went through several changes of ownership before being bought by mr mrs j.
It was gigantic and over the top but still felt more like a home than did marble house or rosecliff.
Marble house is one of the earliest examples of beaux arts architecture in the united states with design inspiration from the petit trianon at the palace of versailles.
But marble house was much more.