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December 8, 1972. The Breakers is a Gilded Age mansion located at 44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, US. It was built between 1893 and 1895 as a summer residence for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family . The 70-room mansion, with a gross area of 138,300 square feet (12,850 m 2) and 62,482 square feet ...
Secrétaire. Attributed to Jean-Henri Riesener (French, 1734 - 1806, master 1768, fournisseur du garde-meuble royal 1774 - 1784)
14 lug 2014 · Cornelius Vanderbilt II managed the railroads until his death in 1899. William Kissam Vanderbilt took over but retired soon after to concentrate on his yachts and thoroughbred horses, while ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt II commissioned architect George B. Post to build a massive, French Château-style mansion on Fifth Avenue, between 57th and 58th Streets, in Manhattan. Post consulted with Richard Morris Hunt, who built other mansions for the Vanderbilt family. The building was e nlarged and redesigned in 1894, and demolished in 1927.
29 apr 2022 · George W. Vanderbilt IIGeorge Washington Vanderbilt II (November 14, 1862 – March 6, 1914) was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family, which had amassed a huge fortune through steamboats, railroads, and various business enterprises. The fourth son and youngest child of William Henry Vanderbilt (1821 - 1885) and his wife ...
Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt (1869–1874), was born in 1869 but died of a childhood illness in 1874 at the age of five. William Henry Vanderbilt II (1870–1892) died of typhoid fever while attending Yale University. Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III (1873–1942), whom he disinherited for marrying Grace Graham Wilson (1870–1953) without his approval.
28 apr 2022 · Cornelius Vanderbilt II (November 27, 1843 – September 12, 1899) was an American socialite, heir, businessman, and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family. He was the favorite grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, who left him $5 million, and the eldest son of William Henry "Billy" Vanderbilt (who left him close to $70 million) and Maria Louisa Kissam.
