Frederick William Vanderbilt (1856-1938)

F.W. Vanderbilt, of Hyde Park, New York etc.

Associated Houses

Rough Point

Newport

Vanderbilt Mansion

Hyde Park

Drayton House

Hyde Park

Vanderbilt Homestead

New Dorp

He bought 1025 Fifth Avenue in 1917 from the heirs of Lloyd Stephens Bryce and commissioned its original architect, Ogden Codman, Jr., to redecorate it. After the death of his wife in 1926 he became a virtual recluse, living alone except for his servants on the third floor of their mansion at Hyde Park. They had no children.
Contributed by Mark Meredith on 12/10/2018 and last updated on 28/09/2022.