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Zweite Ehe und Philanthropie. Cornelius Vanderbilt wurde am 27. Mai 1794 auf Staten Island geboren. Er kaufte sich mit 16 Jahren ein kleines Boot, wurde später ein Reeder und dann der „Eisenbahnkönig“. Cornelius Vanderbilt vor 1877 (gemeinfrei) Im „Gilded Age“, dem Goldenen Zeitalter nach dem Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg, brachte es ...
17. Juni 2018 · The palatial Cornelius Vanderbilt II House on Fifth Avenue survived less than 50 years. By 1927, the crown jewel of an American royal family was rubble—and today it’s Bergdorf’s.
The earlier wood-frame house named The Breakers, which Cornelius Vanderbilt bought in 1885, was radically different from the structure we know today. Designed in 1877 by the Boston firm of Peabody and Stearns and originally owned by Pierre Lorillard, it incorporated a variety of textures and turreted shapes informed by the values of the Queen ...
24. Okt. 2013 · Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843-1899), the man for whom The Breakers was built (as perhaps the most luxurious “summer cottage” in human history), was named after his grandfather, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877), who at his death was the wealthiest man in the United States. Which is to say, young Cornelius wasn’t just born into privilege; he was perhaps the closest thing to the ...
Die Vanderbilt -Familie in den USA wurde von dem Unternehmer Cornelius Vanderbilt begründet und umfasst: Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877), US-amerikanischer Eisenbahnmogul und Begründer des Clans. ⚭ 1813 Cousine (1. Grades) Sophia Johnson (1795–1868) Phebe Jane Vanderbilt (1814–1878) ⚭ James Madison Cross. Ethelinda Vanderbilt (1817 ...
George’s brother was Cornelius Vanderbilt II, who succeeded his father as the leader of the family business and was also responsible for expanding the family fortune. He built The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island and other grand estates around the world. His son, George Washington Vanderbilt II, also inherited much of the fortune and built another grand estate in Asheville, called Biltmore ...
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. It ...
