# @newport.mansions on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2023-12-27T20:11:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newport Mansions (@newport.mansions) — https://gondola.cc/newport.mansions

## Caption

Sixty years ago today, Marble House was acquired by the Preservation Society, beginning its existence as a museum open to the public.

The deed was filed in the Newport city clerk’s office on December 27, 1963, completing the transfer of one of the city’s most famous mansions from the Frederick H. Prince Trust to the Preservation Society. The price was $50,000 – much less than the $127,000 tax valuation of the buildings and property, according to an article in that day’s Newport Daily News. The original furnishings were given to the society by the Prince trust.

The purchase was made possible by a cash gift to the Preservation Society from Harold S. Vanderbilt, son of the original owners, William K. and Alva Vanderbilt. Frederick H. Prince had bought Marble House from Alva in 1932.

Preservation Society President Katherine Warren was quoted as saying it was through “the wonderful interest of friends of the society such as Mr. Vanderbilt and the Frederick H. Prince Trust that another of Newport’s great mansions has been made secure for the enjoyment of present and future generations.”

Sixty years later, this remains true.
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