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6 days ago · George Washington Vanderbilt Houses, 645 and 647 Fifth Avenue, New York, called the "Marble Twins". 1902 to 1905. Number 647 survives, a designated landmark, as the flagship store for Versace ; [5] the site of 645 is now Olympic Tower .
2 days ago · Cornelia was born at the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina on August 22, 1900. [4] She was the daughter, and only child, [5] of George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914) and Edith Stuyvesant Dresser (1873–1958). [6] Her father, the youngest child of William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa ( née Kissam) Vanderbilt, built a 250-room ...
2 days ago · These estates were raised by the nation's industrial, financial and commercial elite, who amassed great fortunes in era of expansion of the tobacco, railroad, steel, and oil industries coinciding with a lack of both governmental regulation and the absence of a personal income tax.
2 days ago · The Cornelius Vanderbilt II House was a large mansion built in 1883 at 1 West 57th Street in the heart of Millionaire’s Row, constructed for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the eldest grandson of...
1 day ago · U.S. President Joe Biden is pictured at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on July 4, 2024. U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Sunday his intention to drop out of the ...
4 days ago · Astor, the queen bee, ruled New York society. In fact, she was so well known that her calling cards only had three words: The Mrs. Astor. Alva Vanderbilt was a force in her own right. However,...
4 days ago · Learn more about the two dozen Vanderbilt homes in New York that once pulled in the most affluent and famous of guests.
