Cornelius Vanderbilt II's 70-room mansion gives the UK's Royal Lodge a run for its money. Vanderbilt, who was born into ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt II, succeeded him as the president and chairman of the New York Central Railroad in 1885. As heir to the family fortune, he built a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot mansion on the ...
Built in under two years, this sprawling mansion was owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt II, grandson of the railway magnate. In ...
Getty Images; Elm Court Estate; Library of Congress Elm Court Estate was built in 1886 as a summer home for Emily Vanderbilt, granddaughter of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, and her family.
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Vanderbilt's eldest son Cornelius Vanderbilt II received $5 million in the will ... share of the inheritance to build an unfathomable mansion on Fifth Avenue that comprised an entire city block ...
Of all of Newport's famous homes, The Breakers mansion is the cream of the summer cottage crop. Commissioned in 1893 by railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt II, The Breakers is a Renaissance-style ...
Rhode Island is full of architectural marvels from the Gilded Age, but these historic properties rarely hit the market. That's what makes Sandy Point Farm, a 1902 equestrian estate that belonged ...
16. WHITEHALL, PALM BEACH, FLA: 60,000 square feet. Henry Flagler, a co-founder of Standard Oil who built this mansion 1902, died after falling down a flight of marble stairs in the home at age 83.
His grandson, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, succeeded him as the president and chairman of the New York Central Railroad in 1885. As heir to the family fortune, he built a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot ...
His father, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, built the Breakers mansion in Newport. Sandy Point Farm, now listed for $3.5 million, has 24 stables and a 15,000-square-foot riding arena. Rhode Island is full of ...