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The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island: A Grand Tour of the Vanderbilts’ Italianate Summer Home

In the autumn of 1885, Cornelius Vanderbilt II paid a little over $400,000 for a summer cottage in Newport, Rhode Island. The Queen Anne style house, built in 1878, was ...

September 16, 2022BY Bob Kirchman

How Alva Vanderbilt’s Sumptuous Chateau Set the Bar for High Society Homes on Fifth Avenue, New York City

In 1843, young Richard Morris Hunt and family traveled from America to Europe, where he gained his formal ...

May 31, 2022BY Bob Kirchman

Biltmore House: The Vanderbilts’ Magnificent Monument to America’s Gilded Age

George Washington Vanderbilt II, the youngest child of William Henry Vanderbilt, first visited the mountains of North Carolina ...

May 31, 2022BY Bob Kirchman

The Calm Coasts of Newport, Rhode Island

The mansion-lined streets of Newport, Rhode Island, form the type of imaginative scenery you’d expect to find if ...

March 18, 2022BY Annie Wu

Student Loses Points on Quiz for Disagreeing Constitution Designed to ‘Perpetrate White Supremacy’

A student at Vanderbilt University reportedly lost points on a quiz for not agreeing that the U.S. Constitution ...

September 4, 2020BY Bill Pan

Sibylle’s Style Diary: Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin—From Being Conservative and Feminine to Outrageous and Glamorous

This week's style diary guest is Billboard recording artist Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin. The singer, who is releasing a jewelry ...

October 16, 2015BY Sibylle Eschapasse

Vanderbilt Rape Case Sends a Strong Message to Campuses

On Tuesday former Vanderbilt football players Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey were convicted of rape against a fellow ...

January 29, 2015BY Mary Silver