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The first floor featured a small and grand salon two story ballroom and a two story dining room and a gallery.
Aug 16 2012 in the early 1890 s millionaire cornelius vanderbilt ii commissioned a block long renovation to his already large new york city mansion that changed the world s view of the vanderbilt s forever.
Vanderbilt insisted that the building be made as fireproof as possible so the structure of the building used.
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The townhouse occupying the northwest corner of fifth avenue and 57th street was constructed for cornelius vanderbilt ii eldest grandson of the commodore cornelius vanderbilt founder of the family fortune in 1883 the ground level contained a drawing room dining room which doubled as the art gallery and a reception room.
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On march 30th paul and gladys szápáry unceremoniously vacated their family s third floor apartment of the breakers the iconic gilded age mansion constructed by their great grandfather cornelius vanderbilt ii in 1893.
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The previous mansion on the property was owned by pierre lorillard iv.
Among the gilded age mansions on 5th avenue were the mansions of the brothers vanderbilt.
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Upstairs were the numerous family bedrooms and guest rooms along with the play room and servants rooms.
The second floor housed a salon a music room and a conservatory.
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Cornelius vanderbilt ii s mansion at 742 748 fifth avenue between 57th and 58th streets.
It burned on november 25 1892 and vanderbilt commissioned famed architect richard morris hunt to rebuild it in splendor.
The cornelius vanderbilt ii mansion new york city when william henry vanderbilt the richest man in the world at the time died he left the most of his 200 million estate divided equally between his 2 eldest sons cornelius corneil and william willie.
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This floor also had an office breakfast room pantry and a smoking room.
In 1883 vanderbilt had had a large townhouse built on the corner of 57th street that could suit him and his large family comf.
Cornelius vanderbilt ii purchased the grounds in 1885 for 450 000 12 8 million today.
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