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Then & Now: The Cornelius Vanderbilt II Mansion on NYC’s Fifth Avenue
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 ...
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Then & Now: Remnants of the Vanderbilt Mansion in New York City
When Commodore Vanderbilt died in 1877, he left Cornelius II a $5 million ... Cornelius’ mansion was reportedly the largest single family house in New York City. Vanderbilt commissioned ...
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The Golden Era, and Grand Destruction, of Cornelius Vanderbilt II’s New York Palace
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 ...
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Look inside the Breakers, a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot mansion that belonged to one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age families
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 ...
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Take a look inside a historic 54-room Gilded Age mansion that belonged to one of America's richest families
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 ...