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    The Vanderbilt Museum is located in Centerport on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, USA. Named for William Vanderbilt II (1878–1944)...
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  • and most other Vanderbilt houses were sold or turned into museums in what has been referred to as the "Fall of the House of Vanderbilt". Branches of the...
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    Kissam Vanderbilt II (October 26, 1878 – January 8, 1944) was an American motor racing enthusiast and yachtsman, and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family...
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    Vanderbilt Whitney (January 9, 1875 – April 18, 1942) was an American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of...
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  • Vanderbilt may refer to: Vanderbilt (surname) Vanderbilt family In the United States: Vanderbilt, California, a former gold-mining town Vanderbilt, Michigan...
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    Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and...
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    "Corneil" Vanderbilt II (November 27, 1843 – September 12, 1899) was an American socialite and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family...
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    Whitney and founded the Whitney Museum, uncle Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, who died on the RMS Lusitania, and aunt Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi, who married Count...
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    Claypoole Vanderbilt (née Gwynne; November 11, 1845 – April 24, 1934) was the wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and reigned as the matriarch of the Vanderbilt family...
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    Vanderbilt II, Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt, Emily Thorn Vanderbilt, Florence Adele Vanderbilt, Frederick William Vanderbilt, Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt,...
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  • Langtry, Texas Eagle's Nest, William K. Vanderbilt II's estate in Suffolk County, New York, now the Vanderbilt Museum Eagle's Nest (Ambar, Virginia), historic...
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    Muriel Vanderbilt (November 23, 1900 – February 3, 1972) was an American socialite and a thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder who was a member of the wealthy...
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    Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site is a historic house museum in Hyde Park, New York, United States. Designated a National Historic Landmark in...
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    Biltmore Estate (category Vanderbilt family residences)
    Mansion), is a Châteauesque-style mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895 and is the largest privately owned house in the...
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  • Vanderbilt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amy Vanderbilt (1908–1974), American authority on etiquette, distant relative of the...
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  • Thumbnail for William K. Vanderbilt House
    The William K. Vanderbilt House, also known as the Petit Chateau, was a Châteauesque mansion at 660 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on...
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    Brigadier General Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III (September 5, 1873 – March 1, 1942) was an American military officer, inventor, engineer, and yachtsman...
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  • Flora Miller Biddle (category Vanderbilt family)
    Whitney Museum of American Art, serving from 1977 to 1995. She is a granddaughter of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the founder of the Whitney Museum. Biddle...
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    Cornelius Vanderbilt in front of the building's south facade, and the two cast-iron eagle statues adorning the terminal's facades. As well, Vanderbilt Hall...
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    Eagle's Nest mansion of William Kissam Vanderbilt II. This 43-acre (170,000 m2) estate now contains the Vanderbilt museum and planetarium. Camp Alvernia in...
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    Alva Belmont (redirect from Alva Vanderbilt)
    Belmont (née Smith; January 17, 1853 – January 26, 1933), known as Alva Vanderbilt from 1875 to 1896, was an American multi-millionaire socialite and women's...
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  • Thumbnail for Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi
    Gladys Moore Vanderbilt, Countess Széchenyi (August 27, 1886 – January 29, 1965), was an American heiress from the Vanderbilt family and wife of Hungarian...
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    The Long Island Motor Parkway, also known as the Vanderbilt Parkway, Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, or Motor Parkway, was a limited-access parkway on Long Island...
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    The Triple Palace, also known as the William H. Vanderbilt House, was an elaborate mansion at 640 Fifth Avenue between 51st Street and 52nd Street in Midtown...
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    Rough Point (category Vanderbilt family residences)
    public as a museum. It is an English Manorial style home designed by architectural firm Peabody & Stearns for Frederick William Vanderbilt. Construction...
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  • Thumbnail for Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
    Cornelius "Sonny" Vanderbilt Whitney (February 20, 1899 – December 13, 1992) was an American businessman, film producer, government official, writer and...
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  • Thumbnail for Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
    Harold Stirling Vanderbilt CBE (July 6, 1884 – July 4, 1970) was an American railroad executive, a champion yachtsman, an innovator and champion player...
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  • Thumbnail for Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt
    Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt (December 29, 1830 – April 2, 1882) was an American socialite and member of the Vanderbilt family. After having a troubled...
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    Coe United States Merchant Marine Academy, formerly Forker House Vanderbilt Museum Webb Institute, formerly The Braes Welwyn Preserve, formerly the Welwyn...
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    Virginia Fair Vanderbilt (January 2, 1875 – July 7, 1935) was an American socialite, hotel builder/owner, philanthropist, owner of Fair Stable, a Thoroughbred...
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