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Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site is a historic house museum in Hyde Park, New York, United States. It became a National Historic Landmark in 1940. It is owned and operated by the National Park Service. The property, historically known as Hyde Park, was one of several homes owned by Frederick William Vanderbilt and his wife Louise ...
Vanderbilt. F. W. Vanderbilt, circa 1913, painted by Raymond P. R. Neilson. Frederick William Vanderbilt (February 2, 1856 – June 29, 1938) was a member of the American Vanderbilt family. He was a director of the New York Central Railroad for 61 years, and also a director of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad and of the Chicago and North ...
Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina.Biltmore House (or Biltmore Mansion), the main residence, is a Châteauesque-style mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895 [2] and is the largest privately owned house in the United States, at 178,926 sq ft (16,622.8 m 2) of floor space and 135,280 sq ft (12,568 m 2 ...
Frederick and Louise Vanderbilt spent $660,000 to build their Hyde Park estate, which would be over $23 million in today's dollars. Their dining room featured one of the largest Islamic carpets in ...
Rough Point. Rough Point is one of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, now open to the public as a museum. It is an English Manorial style home designed by architectural firm Peabody & Stearns for Frederick William Vanderbilt. [1] Construction on the red sandstone and granite [2] began in 1887 and was completed 1892.
Before Frederick Vanderbilt bought the property in 1895, it was owned by Dr. Samuel Bard, George Washington’s physician, and the Langdons, who were related to John Jacob Astor. John Greim ...
Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (Mrs. Hamilton Twombly) (1854–1952) Townhouse at 684 Fifth Avenue, New York (1883). Designed by John B. Snook, who also designed her sister Lila Webb's townhouse next door. Demolished. [4] Florham, Convent Station, NJ, "Florham" in Convent Station, New Jersey, in 1894 to 1897.
The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthropy. Cornelius Vanderbilt's descendants went on to build grand mansions on Fifth Avenue in New York ...