Marble House, a Gilded Age mansion located in Newport, Rhode Island, was built from 1888 to 1892 as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Beaux Arts style. It was unparalleled in opulence for an American house when it was completed in 1892. Its temple-front portico has been compared to that of the White House.
Bowen's Wharf in Newport, Rhode Island, is a historic and vibrant waterfront destination known as the anchor of Newport's harbor. It features brick walks, granite quays, and 18th-century commercial wharf buildings that reflect its seaport origins in one of New England's finest natural harbors.
Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island. A visit to The Classic Coast—nine vibrant and historic towns all sharing some seriously prime New England coastline—is both everything you expect and enjoyably unpredictable. The city has a population of 25,163 residents in 2020.
The National Museum of American Illustration, founded in 1998, is the first national museum to be devoted exclusively to American illustration artwork.
The International Tennis Hall of Fame dedicates to preserving the history of tennis, inspiring and encouraging junior tennis development, enshrining tennis heroes and heroines.
The Cliff Walk along the eastern shore of Newport, RI is world famous as a public access walk. The Cliff Walk combines the natural beauty of the Newport shoreline with the architectural history of Newport's gilded age.
The Elms was the summer residence of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Julius Berwind of Philadelphia and New York. Mr. Berwind made his fortune in the coal industry.
Belcourt is a former summer cottage, designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt for Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, and located on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island.
