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The Vanderbilts, one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age families, owned multiple opulent homes. The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, was their summer escape.
While many Vanderbilt family members had joined the Episcopal Church, [9] [10] [11] Cornelius Vanderbilt remained a member of the Moravian Church to his death. [12] [13] The Vanderbilt family lived on Staten Island until the mid-1800s, when the Commodore built a house on Washington Place (in what is now Greenwich Village).
Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina, United States.The main residence, Biltmore House (or Biltmore Mansion), 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 ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. [1] [2] After working with his father's business, Vanderbilt worked his way into leadership positions in the inland water trade and invested in the rapidly growing railroad industry, effectively transforming the geography of the ...
Today, many of them are museums open to the public. As a history buff and fan of HBO's " The Gilded Age ," I've toured eight Gilded Age mansions in Newport, Rhode Island, and the Hudson Valley in ...
The lawyer accused the group of "collaboration with the Vanderbilt family" to try to stop the visitor center "at any cost." The Preservation Society's leadership declined an interview request.
Vanderbilt was born Jeanne Lourdes Murray in 1919. She was the eldest eldest child of John Frances Murray, a commissioner of the New York Port Authority. [1] She was the sister of Catherine Murray di Montezemolo and a granddaughter of the inventor and businessman Thomas E. Murray. [1]
The Commodores will still have a chance to finish with a winning season, but it's a bit of a disappointment after clinching bowl eligibility earlier than it ever had in the modern era. Here is ...