Alva Belmont, then WK Vanderbilt’s wife, costumed for a fancy dress ball which she gave in March of 1883.Bettmann/Getty Images Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was a prominent Gilded Age socialite who married ...

Marble House was completed in 1892 as a summer home for William K. Vanderbilt and Alva Vanderbilt. Built with half a million cubic feet of marble, it features 50 rooms and spans 140,000 square feet.

Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Newport’s Gilded Age socialite, evolves into ardent suffragette. March is Women’s History Month and we salute Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, a grand dame of the Gilded Age who ...

NEWPORT – George Russell survived the Season 3 finale of "The Gilded Age," but is his marriage to Bertha long for this world? Not if the experience of the real-life socialite on whom Bertha is based ...

In Washington, D.C., hundreds of flag-waving protesters rallied, displaying huge signs and shouting their message. More than 100 were arrested and jailed. While this could be the narrative of the Jan.

CHMNK copy 39088019486596 Donated by Jack Gray in honor of Nina Gray. When Consuelo's grandfather died, he was the richest man in America. Her father soon started to spend the family fortune, ...

Amanda McKenzie Stuart's maiden book is a dual biography of two women who were famous because of their wealth at the end of the 1800s: Consuelo... "The rich are different from you and me," F. Scott ...

Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was a prominent Gilded Age socialite who married a Vanderbilt railroad heir. She built palatial residences on "Millionaires' Row" in New York and in Newport, Rhode Island. In ...