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4 days ago · Learn about the history and architecture of the Breakers, the grandest Gilded Age mansion built by Cornelius Vanderbilt II and his wife Alice. Discover how the Vanderbilt family lived, inherited, and donated the house, and why it was sold in 2018.
- Then & Now: The Cornelius Vanderbilt II Mansion - Untapped New York
A look at the changing streetscape of Fifth Avenue and 57th...
- Then & Now: The Cornelius Vanderbilt II Mansion - Untapped New York
5 days ago · William K. Vanderbilt II – known to family and friends as Willie K. – loved the oceans and the natural world. In his seagoing global travels, he collected fish and other marine life, birds, invertebrates and cultural artifacts for the personal museum he planned to build on his Long Island estate.
4 days ago · Explore the history and transformation of the former Vanderbilt mansion, once the largest single family house in New York City. See how it evolved from a Gilded Age palace to a Bergdorf Goodman flagship store and a historic landmark.
4 days ago · William Henry Vanderbilt was the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt and the wealthiest American after taking over his father’s fortune in 1877, inheriting over $100 million. But his...
1 day ago · George Vanderbilt envisioned a Summer “little mountain escape.” New York architect Richard Morris Hunt designed the house in French Renaissance châteaux style. The estate was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1963 and draws more than 1.4 million tourists a year…and turns out the little mountain escape is America’s largest home ...
1 day ago · Mary Mason Jones developed "Marble Row" on Fifth Avenue between 57th and 58th streets in the late 1860s, and Cornelius Vanderbilt II built his 58th Street mansion on the southern side of the plaza in 1882. Hotels were also developed around the Fifth Avenue Plaza in the late 19th century.
5 days ago · Over 6,000 black-and-white photographs capturing William Kissam Vanderbilt II’s travels in South America, Europe, and the South Pacific between 1926 and 1937. 53 linear feet of materials concerning the operations of the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup races.
