Getty Images; Elm Court Estate; Library of Congress Elm Court Estate was built in 1886 as a summer home for Emily Vanderbilt, granddaughter of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, and her family.

Cornelius Vanderbilt was an industrialist, shipping and railroad magnate, and philanthropist from the United States. He is widely regarded as a self-made multi-millionaire who became one of the ...

Vanderbilt, who was born into wealth and the railroad industry, built a 183,300-square-foot mansion for him and his family as ...

Fisk was also one of the players involved with Daniel Drew and Jay Gould in protecting their control of the Erie Railroad from Vanderbilt. He also tried to corner the gold market by inflating the ...