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Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, 1884-1970, great-grandson of shipping and railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt. He was a railroad executive, America’s Cup yachtsman with three Cup defenses, commodore of the New York Yacht Club, and originator of contract bridge. The third child and second son of William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Erskine Smith ...
The Vanderbilts' Petit Chateau at 660 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. At a party for one of William Henry Vanderbilt's daughters, Smith's best friend, Consuelo Yznaga introduced her to William Kissam Vanderbilt, grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt. On April 20, 1875, William and Alva were married at Calvary Church in New York City. [citation needed]
16. Juni 2023 · William Kissam Vanderbilt owned a grand home just down the road, which John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy visited in the 1950s. The elegant Gilded Age manor on Bellevue Avenue was completed in ...
His parents were William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Erskine Smith. Following the death of his father in 1920, Harold Vanderbilt inherited, among others equity in nine railway companies including the famous New York Central Railroad System. He served as a director and member of the executive committee of the New York Central System until 1954 ...
William Kissam Vanderbilt II died on January 8, 1944, of a heart ailment and was interred in the Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum on Staten Island, New York. His death marked the end of an era of glamorous and adventurous lifestyles led by the Vanderbilt family during the Gilded Age and early 20th century【 38†source 】.
December 8, 1972. Marble House, a Gilded Age mansion located at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, was built from 1888 to 1892 as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Beaux Arts style. It was unparalleled in opulence for an American house when it was completed in 1892.
William's eldest son, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, received $5 million in the will, while his three younger sons—William Kissam Vanderbilt, Frederick William Vanderbilt, and George Washington Vanderbilt II—received $2 million apiece. Vanderbilt willed amounts ranging from $250,000 to $500,000 to each of his daughters. His wife received $500,000 ...
