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  2. William K. Vanderbilt House - Wikipedia

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    The William K. Vanderbilt House, also known as the Petit Chateau, was a Châteauesque mansion at 660 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 52nd Street.

  3. 660 Fifth Avenue - Wikipedia

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    William Kissam Vanderbilt II house, one of the previous buildings on the site. Upscale residences were constructed around Fifth Avenue following the American Civil War. [7] [8] The lot at 660 Fifth Avenue had previously held the William K. Vanderbilt House, an 1882 châteauesque mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt for William Kissam Vanderbilt.

  4. Vanderbilt houses - Wikipedia

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    Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb, a.k.a. Lila Vanderbilt Webb (1860–1936) Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT "Shelburne Farms" in Shelburne, Vermont, built in 1899. Townhouse (1883) at 680 Fifth Avenue, New York. The house was a wedding gift from William H. Vanderbilt to his daughter. Demolished. [4]

  5. I've toured 8 historic Gilded Age mansions. Here are the most ...

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    Cornelius Vanderbilt II, who built The Breakers, and William K. Vanderbilt, who built Marble House, were his brothers, as was George Vanderbilt, who commissioned North Carolina's Biltmore House ...

  6. Richard Morris Hunt - Wikipedia

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    The William K. Vanderbilt House or the Petit Chateau in 1886, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Richard Morris Hunt (October 31, 1827 – July 31, 1895) was an American architect of the nineteenth century and an eminent figure in the history of architecture of the United States.

  7. 20 of America's Best Historic Homes You Definitely Have to Visit

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    Speaking of the Vanderbilts, The Breakers, one of Rhode Island’s most lavish mansions, was built for Cornelius Vanderbilt III in the 1890s. The home has a traditional Italian palazzo design and ...

  8. Electric Light dress - Wikipedia

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    The ball was hosted by Alice Vanderbilt's sister-in-law, Alva Vanderbilt, as a housewarming party for Alva and William K. Vanderbilt's new mansion at 660 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. [1] The dress was made of yellow satin, decorated with glass pearls and beads in a lightning-bolt pattern.

  9. Carrie Astor Wilson - Wikipedia

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    The Wilsons' residence at 3 East 64th Street.. In 1883, wealthy socialite Alva Vanderbilt, the then wife of railroad tycoon William Kissam Vanderbilt, planned an elaborate masquerade ball for 1,000 guests (reportedly costing $3 million) to celebrate the opening of her new home at 660 Fifth Avenue, known as the William K. Vanderbilt House.