Meet Mr. C, the Vanderbilt Commodore Never will you have a more well-mannered, prim and proper leader than Mr. Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. Here, here.

The Vanderbilts are likely America's closest thing to a royal family—at least, they spent money like one. The money came from ...

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.

Cornelius Vanderbilt II's 70-room mansion gives the UK's Royal Lodge a run for its money. Vanderbilt, who was born into wealth and the railroad industry, built a 183,300-square-foot mansion for ...

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.

Shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt has been described as combative. Author T.J. Stiles found court records that showed Vanderbilt engaged in fist-fights and won into his 50s. In ...

Vanderbilt, Journalist Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., fourth of his famous name, descended a few years ago from the family seat of capitalism to till the dusty fields of journalism. First he had ...

Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the grandson of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, built the famous 138,300-square-foot Breakers mansion in Newport in 1895.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. By organizing the fragmented transportation system in the United States, Cornelius Vanderbilt facilitated continental ...

Last week, just as the fuss over Major General Smedley Darlington Butler’s “Mussolini Speech” had nearly died away. up popped Cornelius (“Neely”) Vanderbilt Jr. in Los Angeles. Mr ...