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William Kissam Vanderbilt II (October 26, 1878 – January 8, 1944) was an American motor racing enthusiast and yachtsman, and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt ...
Alva Vanderbilt at her official opening of the chateau in March 1883, held with a masquerade ball for 1000 guests and reportedly costing $3 million. The mansion was built for William Kissam Vanderbilt , second son of William H. Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam from 1878 to 1882. [ 4 ]
William Kissam Vanderbilt's son Harold Stirling Vanderbilt (1884–1970) gained fame as a sportsman. He invented the contract form of bridge and won the most coveted prize in yacht racing, the America's Cup, on three occasions. Harold's brother William Kissam "Willie K" Vanderbilt II launched the Vanderbilt Cup for auto racing.
William Kissam Vanderbilt I was born on December 12, 1849, in New Dorp, New York, on Staten Island.His parents were Maria Louisa Kissam and William Henry Vanderbilt, the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, an heir to his fortune and a prominent member of the Vanderbilt family who was the richest American after he took over his father's fortune in 1877 until his own death in 1885.
William Kissam Vanderbilt II (1878–1944) Townhouse at 660 Fifth Avenue (1905) designed by Stanford White, directly north of his parents' Petit Chateau. Demolished. "Deepdale" (1904), country estate in Great Neck, New York, on Long Island. Designed by Horace Trumbauer and Carrère and Hastings.
Idle Hour is a former Vanderbilt estate that is located in Oakdale on Long Island in Suffolk County, New York. It was completed in 1901 for William Kissam Vanderbilt . Once part of Dowling College , the mansion is one of the largest houses in the United States .
George Washington Vanderbilt, John Singer Sargent, 1890 George W. Vanderbilt II was the youngest child of William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam. Though there is no evidence to suggest that he referred to himself using a numerical suffix, various sources have called him both George Washington Vanderbilt II and III.
Allen William Vanderbilt (1846–1847) who died at age 11 months. [9] William Kissam Vanderbilt (1849–1920) who married (1) Alva Erskine Smith [10] and (2) Anne Harriman Sands Rutherfurd. [11] Emily Thorn Vanderbilt (1852–1946) who married William Douglas Sloane (1844–1915) and later Ambassador Henry White. [12]