Home Rolling Marble Guest House Today Rolling Marble Guest House History This colorful 14 room Victorian was originally owned by a man named George Gould. Gould was one of the nine sons of John Gould, a pioneer in settling the area. The house was built in 1888, when Long Eddy was a booming town specializing in lumber and bluestone. The town was so prosperous that briefly, around the turn of the century Long Eddy became a city--Douglas City, the only city ever incorporated in Sullivan County. Mr. Gould, a leading figure of his day, selected a site on the river that was desirable, exclusive as well as just a few steps from the center of town and the Erie Railroad. As the owner of the local sawmill, he spared no expense in the construction of this grand house. Over the years the place was used and abused as a boarding house, a home for recovering alcoholics, a ceramics studio, and more. By 1985, amid visions of timeless beauty, the now ramshackle house was purchased by current proprietors, Karen Gibbons and Peter Reich. After four painstaking years of restoration, George Gould's home was reborn as the Rolling Marble Guest House. Home Rolling Marble Guest House Today