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Hace 1 día · The William H. Vanderbilt House, commonly known as the Vanderbilt Triple Palace, was an elaborate mansion at 640 Fifth Avenue between 51st Street and 52nd Street.
Hace 3 días · In 1882, the girls’ father, William Henry Vanderbilt, bought an entire block between 51st and 52nd Street where he built the “ Triple Palaces ,” three near-identical brownstone homes for...
Hace 2 días · One of the first New York Vanderbilt estates was located in New Dorp, Staten Island, built for William Henry Vanderbilt and his wife Maria Kissam circa 1850. His father, Cornelius, grew up...
Hace 4 días · The manor homes and city seats were designed by prominent architects of the day and decorated with antiquities, furniture, and works of art from the world over. Many of the wealthy had undertaken grand tours of Europe, during which they admired the estates of the nobility.
Hace 2 días · Eldest son William Henry Vanderbilt is pictured. Heritage Images/Getty Jumping ship. Around 1818, Vanderbilt sold his fleet and went to work as a ferry captain for wealthy businessman Thomas Gibbons.
Hace 4 días · William Henry Vanderbilt owned and ran the American Horse Exchange there. In 1910, it became the Winter Garden Theatre.
Hace 5 días · Cornelius’s son, William Henry Vanderbilt, significantly expanded the family fortune. By shrewdly managing and investing in railroads, he doubled the inheritance from his father, making the Vanderbilt family one of the wealthiest in the United States.
