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The Cornelius Vanderbilt II House was a large mansion built in 1883 at 1 West 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City. It occupied the frontage along the west side of Fifth Avenue from West 57th Street up to West 58th Street at Grand Army Plaza .
4 days ago · A look at the changing streetscape of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, once the site of Cornelius Vanderbilt II's mansion, the largest single family home in the city at the time.
One of the largest private residences ever built in New York City, the Cornelius Vanderbilt II mansion was completed in 1883 and expanded into an even grander home a decade later. Designed by architect George B. Post (1837–1913), the château-like edifice stretched along Fifth Avenue from 57th to 58th Street (the current site of Bergdorf ...
4 days ago · The Cornelius Vanderbilt II House was a large mansion built in 1883 at 1 West 57th Street in the heart of Millionaire’s Row, constructed for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the eldest grandson of...
3 days ago · 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 ...
4 days ago · The Breakers was built in 1895 by Cornelius Vanderbilt II and his wife Alice, who is frequently referred to as “Alice of the Breakers.” A Vanderbilt lived at the Breakers from 1895 to 2018 and...
Jun 16, 2023 · It’s hard to believe the 70-room, 125,339-square-foot home was just a summer house for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, yet the Italian Renaissance–style abode was considered a “cottage.”
Designed in 1877 by the Boston firm of Peabody and Stearns and originally owned by Pierre Lorillard, it incorporated a variety of textures and turreted shapes informed by the values of the Queen Anne revival, then in vogue.
Jun 17, 2018 · The palatial Cornelius Vanderbilt II House on Fifth Avenue survived less than 50 years. By 1927, the crown jewel of an American royal family was rubble—and today it’s Bergdorf’s.
Jun 26, 2020 · However, it was his eldest child, Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843-1899) who built two of the most memorable Gilded Age mansions, with The Breakers in Newport, and his primary residence here on Fifth Avenue, between West 57th and West 58th Streets.
