Frederick William Vanderbilt
Born	February 2, 1856
Died	June 29, 1938

[Hyde Park, NY] Pre 1923 image, not subject to copyright. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Frederick William Vanderbilt (February 2, 1856 – June 29, 1938) was a member of the financially and socially preeminent Vanderbilt family. February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Vanderbilts are a prominent family in the history of the United States. ...

The third son of William Henry Vanderbilt, and the last survivor of the four sons, Frederick William was the only one to leave a greater estate than he inherited from his father. He detested children and, as such, had none. William H. Vanderbilt (May 8, 1821 – December 8, 1885) was a businessman and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family. ...

He was a director of the New York Central Railroad for 61 years. The New York Central Railroad (AAR reporting mark NYC), known simply as the New York Central in its publicity, was a railroad operating in the North-Eastern United States. ...

Frederick Vanderbilt maintained residences in New York City (he lived for a while at 450 Fifth Avenue, Newport ("Rough Point"), Bar Harbor ("Sonogee"), Upper St. Regis Lake in the Adirondacks ("Pine Tree Point"), and a country palace in Hyde Park, New York ("Hyde Park") now preserved by the National Park Service as Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site. Street sign at Fifth Avenue and East 57th street Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in New York City. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Hyde Park is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ... The Vanderbilt Estate in Hyde Park, New York is perhaps the best, most intact example of the types of estates constructed by wealthy industrialists in the 19th century. ...

Vanderbilt was to owner of 10 East 40th Street, an example of art deco architecture, until the 1940s. 10 East 40th Street from the main branch of the New York Public Library 10 East 40th Street is a skyscraper located in the Murray Hill section of New York City, between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue, taking the width of the block between 40th and 39th Streets. ...

External links

• Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site