has been sold by the trustees of the Clark estate to Cornelius Vanderbilt of New York City. The price paid is not stated, but it is said that it was considerably in excess of that paid by Mr ...

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic ... who was governor of New York and New Jersey. In 1772, Bard built a house on the east side of the property along with establishing a farm, a mill, and ...

Getty Images; Elm Court Estate; Library of Congress Elm Court Estate was built in 1886 as a summer home for Emily Vanderbilt, granddaughter of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, and her family.

Back in 1896 when auburn-haired Grace Graham Wilson bagged young Cornelius Vanderbilt, most of New York’s 400 agreed ... herself as “all alone in the house,” when there were, in fact ...