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Frederick William Vanderbilt (February 2, 1856 – June 29, 1938) was a member of the American Vanderbilt family. He was a director of the New York Central Railroad for 61 years, and also a director of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad and of the Chicago and North Western Railroad .
The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthropy.
Grandson of America’s first multi-millionaire, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, Frederick Vanderbilt was born on February 2, 1856 at Staten Island, New York. Frederick was the third of eight children born to William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–1885) and Maria Louisa Kissam Vanderbilt (1821–1896).
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site is a historic house museum in Hyde Park, New York, United States. It became a National Historic Landmark in 1940. It is owned and operated by the National Park Service. The property, historically known as Hyde Park, was one of several homes owned by Frederick William Vanderbilt and his wife Louise ...
Frederick William Vanderbilt (February 2, 1856 – June 29, 1938) was a member of the American Vanderbilt family. He was a director of the New York Central Railroad for 61 years, and also a director of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad and of the Chicago and North Western Railroad.
Feb 14, 2022 · A biography of Frederick William Vanderbilt, American capitalist. Louise Vanderbilt. The life of Louise Vanderbilt, an American socialite. A History of the Hyde Park Estate. An brief history of the Vanderbilt property from European settlement in the seventeenth century to present day. People.
Frederick William Vanderbilt was born at the family's Staten Island farm in 1856. Upon graduation from Yale with a degree from the Sheffield Scientific School, he joined the family business, acquainting himself with every department of the railroads.
Frederick William Vanderbilt made this estate his country home for 43 years, from 1895 until his death in 1938. Frederick was a grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt—the Commodore—who had founded the family fortune in shipping and railroading.
• Built by Frederick William Vanderbilt (1856–1938), an heir to one of the country’s great industrial fortunes, the country place represents the domestic ideal of the upper class in late 19th-century and early 20th-century America.
Frederick William Vanderbilt. Frederick Vanderbilt was the brother of Cornelius II and William K. Vanderbilt, as well as of George Washington Vanderbilt, and five sisters.
