Post card showing partial Cornelius Vanderbilt II home

Residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II

Residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Originally uploaded by Cornell University Library

My favorite home.

William K. Vanderbilt Residence, New York City

William K. Vanderbilt Residence, New York City
Originally uploaded by Cornell University Library

Another home.

Shelburne Farms

The Inn at Shelburne Farms
Originally uploaded by Feedman

Another Vanderbilt family home, this time the home of Lila and her husband, Dr. William Seward. It is now a bed and breakfast inn.

A beautiful photo

Originally uploaded by ultrawolffrox

I'm happy the Biltmore Estate has stood the test of time and is still here, unlike some of the other Vanderbilt homes. But I can use the time spent here to get a better vision of what the others were like.

I think I need another trip down there. And another premium house tour.

Cornelius Vanderbilt II mansion 5th avenue NYC

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Originally uploaded by mysterywriter

I found another photograph in the book "New York Life at the Turn of the Century" by Joseph Byron, published by Dover.

I bought this book from Amazon while researching NYC for my NaNoWriMo novel this year. My story takes place in 1910 so this was a perfect book to give me a visual idea of parts of the city

William K. Vanderbilt mansion

William K. Vanderbilt mansion
Originally uploaded by Chauncy.Primm

Whenever I'm looking for photographs on Cornelius Vanderbilt II's mansion on 5th Avenue in NYC, this is one of the homes that always pops up for some reason. Not that I don't like this house, but there's just something about CV II's place that draws me. I may have to start looking for information on this one as well and hope I come across more on my house.