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 ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt was one of the world's richest men when he died in 1877, leaving a $100 million fortune to his heirs. In just four generations, the Vanderbilt descendants squandered the ...