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The rosecliff and marble house mansions in newport rhode island.
Kept rosecliff in the family until 1941 then the estate went through several changes of ownership before being bought by mr mrs j.
But marble house was much more.
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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.
It was a social and architectural landmark that set the pace for newport s subsequent transformation from a quiet summer colony of wooden houses to the legendary resort of opulent stone palaces.
It was gigantic and over the top but still felt more like a home than did marble house or rosecliff.
Edgar monroe of new orleans in 1947.
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