As heir to the family fortune, he built a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot mansion on the shores of Newport, Rhode Island, as a summer escape for his wife, Alice Vanderbilt, and their seven children.

Cornelius Vanderbilt, 27 May 1794 - 4 Jan 1877 Exhibition Label Born Staten Island, New York By organizing the fragmented transportation system in the United States, Cornelius Vanderbilt facilitated ...

Back in 1896 when auburn-haired Grace Graham Wilson bagged young Cornelius Vanderbilt, most of New York's 400 agreed that it was a most unsuitable marriage. As a great-grandson of the tough old ...