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  2. Eastover (Manalapan, Florida) - Wikipedia

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    The property was built for Harold Stirling Vanderbilt and his wife, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt, in 1930. It was designed by Swiss architect Maurice Fatio. [2] [3] It is currently a private, single-family residence. A portion of the home has been demolished and the land has been subdivided.

  3. Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt - Wikipedia

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    Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt (1901 – August 6, 1978) was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was one of the first women to compete in the America's Cup , alongside her husband, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt , in 1934 and 1937.

  4. Look inside the Breakers, a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot ...

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    As heir to the family fortune, he built a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot mansion on the shores of Newport, Rhode Island, as a summer escape for his wife, Alice Vanderbilt, and their seven children.

  5. Preservation Society of Newport County - Wikipedia

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    Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt's widow, bequeathed $1.25 million to the society upon her death in 1978. [ 3 ] Properties open to the public

  6. Spat over Vanderbilt family mansion gets public and nasty - AOL

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    NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — The Vanderbilt family, once synonymous with American wealth and power, has fallen into a full-blown public spat with the organization that now owns their spectacular Rhode ...

  7. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney - Wikipedia

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    Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (January 9, 1875 – April 18, 1942) was an American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. She was a prominent social figure and hostess, who was born into the wealthy Vanderbilt family and married into the Whitney family .

  8. See inside Marble House, a 50-room Gilded Age mansion ... - AOL

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    Marble House was Alva Vanderbilt's 39th birthday present. She later became a leader in the women's suffrage movement. See inside Marble House, a 50-room Gilded Age mansion that a Vanderbilt heir ...

  9. Vanderbilt family - Wikipedia

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    Cornelius Vanderbilt II's daughter Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was a sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 1855, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt donated 45 acres (18 ha) of property to the Moravian Church and Cemetery at New Dorp on Staten Island, New York.