A piece of Gilded Age history ... the son of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and the grandfather of modern-day media figure Anderson Cooper, the estate was designed to reflect the family’s lavish ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt II's 70-room mansion gives the ... Link The extravagant house is seen as the sign of the times, built ...
Many of "America's most famous mansions were built during the Gilded Age," including the Vanderbilt family's Biltmore Estate, which is still the largest private home in the U.S. This is largely ...
The Gilded Age was a study in contrasts. Immigrants arrived in New York City with little to nothing in their pockets, while just uptown some of the richest men and women in America built mansions ...
The Breakers will implement a timed ticketing system starting February 24, the Preservation Society of Newport County ...
The Gilded Age was a study in contrasts. Immigrants arrived in New York City with little to nothing in their pockets, while just uptown some of the richest men and women in America built mansions ...
In the first Gilded Age, a few tycoons amassed unimaginable riches — men such as John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt and J.P. Morgan. With their great wealth came great power and influence.