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  • Frederick William Vanderbilt (1856–1938) built "Hyde Park" in Hyde Park, New York. Designed by McKim, Mead and White and built in 1896–99, it is now the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site. He built Rough Point in Newport, Rhode Island.
  • William Kissam Vanderbilt (1849–1920) had three houses designed by Richard Morris Hunt.
    • His townhouse, the "Petit Château" at 660 Fifth Avenue, New York, with details drawn in part from the late-Gothic Hôtel de Cluny, Paris, proved an influential example for other Gilded Age mansions, but was demolished in 1926.
    • The mansion "Idle Hour" in Oakdale, Long Island, New York was built in 1878–79, and destroyed by fire in 1899. A new "Idle Hour", designed by Hunt's son Richard Howland Hunt, was built on the same property from 1900-01 of brick and marble in the English Country Style and is now part of the Dowling College Campus.
    • The third was "Marble House" in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1888–92.
  • William Kissam Vanderbilt II, built "Eagle’s Nest", in 1910–36, at Centerport, New York, designed by Warren and Wetmore.
  • George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914), constructed "Biltmore" in Asheville, North Carolina, in 1888–95. Designed by Hunt, it is the largest house in the United States
  • Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843–1899),
    • His townhouse at 1 West 57th Street,New York.George B. Post. (1843–1899)
    • His townhouse at 1 West 57th Street,New York. Enlargements George B. Post and Richard Morris Hunt.
    • "The Breakers" in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1892–95, which was also designed by Hunt
  • Florence Vanderbilt (Mrs. Hamilton Twombly) (1854–1952)
    • "Florham" in Convent Station, New Jersey, in 1894–97. Designed by McKim, Mead and White as a summer estate, it is now used for classrooms, faculty offices, and administration at Fairleigh Dickinson University
    • Her townhouse at 684 Fifth Avenue, New York. Designed by Snook who also designed her sister's, Lilia Webb, townhouse next door. Demolished.
    • Vinland in Newport, Rhode Island. Renovated by Ogden Codman Jr.. Now part of the Salve Regina University
    • Her second 70 room townhouse at 1 East 71st Street, New York. Designed by Whitney Warren. Demolished.
  • Emily Thorn Vanderbilt (Wife of William Douglas Sloan) built "Elm Court" in Lenox, Massachusetts, in 1887. It is the largest shingle-style house in the United States. The 1919 "Elm Court Talks," held at Elm Court, led to the creation of The League of Nations and The Treaty of Versailles.

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