Cornelius Vanderbilt II’s Mansion at 742-748 Fifth Avenue (between 57th and 58th Streets). Photo via Library of Congress. Welcome to our Then & Now column, exploring the ever-changing landscape ...

The mansion was torn down to make ... In December 1878, The New York Times reported that the Vanderbilt of our concern—Cornelius II—had acquired two brownstones on the 57th to 58th Street ...

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site is a historic home and now museum located in Hyde Park, New York. The early history ...

The Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park, New York, was built by Frederick Vanderbilt ... During the Gilded Age in the late 1800s, railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt was the richest man in America ...

Cornelius Vanderbilt II's bedroom. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider Cornelius Vanderbilt II only spent one summer in the Breakers before he had a stroke in 1896 and died three years later.