Vanderbilt family members do not have a place in the list of ... As the richest man in the United States in the late 1800s, Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune from natural resources. However, he ...
His grandson, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, succeeded him as the president and chairman of the New York Central Railroad in 1885. As heir to the family fortune, he built a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot ...
granddaughter of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, and her family. Getty Images With 89 acres planned by famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Elm Court Estate is a piece of design ...
When men review the career of a promiment citizen like CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, their most natural inclination is to look therein for some special lesson. VANDERBILT'S life was one of material success.
Cornelius Vanderbilt II's 70-room mansion gives the ... built a 183,300-square-foot mansion for him and his family as a ...