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The Cornelius Vanderbilt II House was a large mansion built in 1883 at 1 West 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City. It occupied the frontage along the west side of Fifth Avenue from West 57th Street up to West 58th Street at Grand Army Plaza. The home was sold in 1926 and demolished to make way for the Bergdorf Goodman Building.
The rear facade of the Cornelius Vanderbilt II House on West 57th Street, New York. The Fifth Avenue mansions that Cornelius Vanderbilt II, his brothers, and his sons lived in have been demolished, including Cornelius Vanderbilt II House. His 70-room summer residence, The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, still stands as a memory of his lifestyle.
The West Hill Historic District is a prestigious residential subdivision of the town of West Hartford, Connecticut.Originally the site of the estate of Cornelius J. Vanderbilt, son of transportation magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, it was developed as a planned subdivision of upper-class residences in the 1920s.
Cornelius Vanderbilt II and his wife, Alice Vanderbilt, built The Breakers, a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot summer "cottage," in 1895. ... Cornelius Vanderbilt II's brother, built Marble House in ...
This work of Neo-Italian Renaissance architecture was built between 1893 and 1895 for Cornelius Vanderbilt II. Marble House: Newport, Rhode Island. Courtesy of The Preservation Society of Newport ...
House Beautiful has rounded up a list of all 18 ... ballroom. This work of Neo-Italian Renaissance architecture was built between 1893 and 1895 for Cornelius Vanderbilt II. Marble House, Newport ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt III (1873–1942) Townhouse (1882) [7] part of the Triple Palace at 640 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York. The house was completely renovated in 1914 by Grace Vanderbilt at a cost of $500,000. Demolished c. 1945. "Beaulieu" (1859), summer residence in Newport, Rhode Island. Bought by Vanderbilt in 1911.
Commissioned by Cornelius Vanderbilt II, The Breakers was designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt to replace an existing wood structure that was destroyed by a fire in 1890s. The Italian palazzo ...