HBO's "The Gilded Age" films scenes in real historic mansions from the time period.

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 ...

F acebook co-founder Chris Hughes is listing his historic estate in New York’s Hudson Valley for $9.995 million, making it one of the most expensive on the market in the area.

In 1875, at 22 years old, she married William Kissam Vanderbilt, grandson of railroad magnate Cornelius ‘Commodore’ Vanderbilt. As evidence of the family’s vast wealth, when Cornelius died in 1877, ...

Coming off a big win at Vanderbilt, the newly ranked #23 Gamecocks take on #24 Missouri Tigers. The Tigers hold a 9-5 series record – winning at Willie-B in 2020 and 2022 -- but South Carolina ...

But nestled among them is a quartet of provenance pieces from Emily “Paddy” Vanderbilt Wade. Pieces from the estate of the chemist, philanthropist, and great-granddaughter of Cornelius ...

But nestled among them is a quartet of provenance pieces from Emily “Paddy” Vanderbilt Wade. Pieces from the estate of the chemist, philanthropist, and great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt will ...

When Cornelius Vanderbilt died in 1877, the industrialist left behind roughly $100 billion in today's dollars. Yet, at a Vanderbilt family reunion less than a century later, in 1973, not a single ...

By T. J. Stiles Overview On the north side of East 42nd Street, at the Park Avenue intersection, stands one of New York’s most admired buildings: Grand Central Terminal.

This chart was prepared by Henry Louis Gates Jr., American Ancestors and the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami. It reflects the ...