In this lecture from July 20 at Marble House, architect, author and historian Gary Lawrance explores the grand architecture of Newport, reflective of the city’s height as the destination for society’s summer sojourns. By the 1890s, the great wealth generated by the Industrial Revolution enabled the creation of a new American architectural trend: opulence. Inspired by centuries-old European estates, the new Newport mansions were the pleasure palaces of American Royalty.