Of all of Newport's famous homes, The Breakers mansion is the cream of the summer cottage crop. Commissioned in 1893 by railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt II, The Breakers is a Renaissance-style ...

Back in 1896 when auburn-haired Grace Graham Wilson bagged young Cornelius ... York and Newport) society. The importance of the position she had won was fully apparent to Grace Vanderbilt.

It was built by Gilded Age railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt — grandfather of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, who gifted Yale the funds to build the namesake Vanderbilt Hall on Old Campus to honor his ...

Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II is the 101 Awards' 2024 AFC Defensive ... following Buffalo Bills linebacker Cornelius Bennett in 1988 and Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick ...

Nashville native William Ridley Wills II wrote nearly a book a year for the ... The local historian, philanthropist and Vanderbilt University Board of Trust member died on Jan. 16 in his home ...

Vanderbilt basketball picked up its first signature win of the Mark Byington era on Saturday by holding off No. 6 Tennessee's late surge. But the Commodores' top-10 ranked win came with quite the ...

In one weekend, Vanderbilt will play two rivalry games against Tennessee. The two basketball games — men on Saturday, women on Sunday — bring as much anticipation to a weekend at Memorial ...