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"Oakland Farm" (remodeled and expanded 1901), Portsmouth, Rhode Island, colonial era home he transformed into a summer home. "Vanderbilt Hotel" (1913), a hotel in Manhattan, New York, on Park Avenue and 34th Street. The penthouse served as a city residence for him. Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi (1886–1965) She was the wife of Count László ...
Nicholas J Clayton. Galveston. Built for Walter Gresham, today is open for tours. Edward Steves Jr. House. 1884. Italianante. James Wahrenberger. San Antonio. Built for ammunition magnate and lumber heir Edward Steves Jr. as a new home for him and his new wife; remained a private home.
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 ...
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 ...
The Vanderbilts, one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age families, owned multiple opulent homes. The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, was their summer escape. Now a museum, the Breakers features ...
73001468 [1] Added to NRHP. March 7, 1973. Scarlet Oaks is a large and historic residence in the Clifton neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Built in 1867, [2] it was designed by James Keys Wilson and features a mix of the Romanesque Revival and Gothic Revival styles of architecture. [1]
Betts Family Ownership. The Betts House, constructed in 1804, is the oldest brick home in Ohio, and the oldest remaining residential structure in downtown Cincinnati. Originally situated on 111 acres (45 ha), the home was once at the heart of a farm and brick yard. Over time, as the city expanded, the country landscape surrounding the home ...
Esoteric Brewing Co. Cincinnati’s first minority-owned brewery is shaking things up and creating quite a buzz among locals and tourists. Helmed by CEO Brian Jackson and his partner Marvin ...