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Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site

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Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site

Located a short distance apart, these are the most popular estates with visitors north of Westchester County. Springwood, FDR's ancestral home, is more modest but rich in the history of one of America's most significant presidents, elaborated on by the nearby presidential library and museum, the cou

ntry's first such institution. Frederick Vanderbilt's mansion, while not as large as the one his brother George built outside Asheville, North Carolina, is a lavish testament to the wealth of the Gilded Age, created by the family railroad that ran right below the estate along the river.

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