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West portico. Historically known as Hyde Park, the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site is one of the area's oldest Hudson River estates. [3] The earliest development of the estate began in 1764 when Dr. John Bard purchased land on the east side of the Albany Post Road, where he built Red House and developed the agricultural aspects of the eastern section of the property that continued ...
more images: William K. Vanderbilt House: 1882: Châteauesque: Richard Morris Hunt: New York City: Built for William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Vanderbilt. Demolished in 1927 [75] more images: Villard Houses: 1882: Renaissance Revival: McKim, Mead & White: New York City: Today is part of the New York Palace Hotel [76] [77] Hutchinson-Alexander ...
Frederick and Louise Vanderbilt built their 54-room mansion in Hyde Park, New York, in 1898. The Vanderbilt mansion in Hyde Park, New York. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider
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 ...
As heir to the family fortune, he built a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot mansion on the shores of Newport, Rhode Island, as a summer escape for his wife, Alice Vanderbilt, and their seven children.
"Oakland Farm" (1893), mansion and stables on 150 acres in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Demolished. Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard (1845–1924) Townhouse (1882), part of the Vanderbilt Triple Palace at 2 West 52nd Street, provided to them by her father and shared with her sister Emily Thorn Vanderbilt and their families. Demolished.
The sprawling property, commissioned by Anderson Cooper’s grandfather, was a hub for horse breeding and lavish gatherings during the Gilded Age.
The Vanderbilts' prominence lasted until the mid-20th century, when the family's 10 great Fifth Avenue mansions were torn down, and most other Vanderbilt houses were sold or turned into museums in what has been referred to as the "Fall of the House of Vanderbilt". [1] [2] Branches of the family are found on the United States East Coast.