The townhouse, occupying the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, was constructed for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, eldest grandson of the Commodore, Cornelius Vanderbilt, founder of the family fortune, in 1883. The ground level contained a drawing room, dining room (which doubled as the art gallery), and a reception room. The second floor housed a salon, a music room Read More
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Andrew Carnegie Mansion, New York, New York and Scotland Birthplace
The Andrew Carnegie Mansion is a historic house located at 2 East 91st Street at Fifth Avenue in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York. Andrew Carnegie moved into his newly completed mansion in late 1902 and lived there until his death in 1919; his wife, Louise, continued to live there until her death in 1946. The building is now the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Read More
Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum Baltimore, Maryland and Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Fordham neighborhood Bronx New York
The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, located at 203 North Amity St. in Baltimore, Maryland, is the former home of American writer Edgar Allan Poe in the 1830s. The small unassuming structure, which was opened as a writer’s house museum in 1949, is a typical row home. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972.[2] Due to a loss of funding by the Read More
Malcom X Home Site and Occupancies accross the USA
On May 19, 1925, Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little) was born in a now-demolished house on this site. As a civil rights leader he advocated racial separatism over integration and the legitimacy of violence in self-defense. He also championed the beauty and worth of blackness and black Americans’ African past. A group is trying to Read More
Regis Philbin home growing up Mineola New York
Regis Francis Xavier Philbin[2][3][4] (/ˈriːdʒɪs ˈfɪlbɪn/; August 25, 1931 – July 24, 2020)[5][6] was an American media personality, actor, and singer, known for hosting talk and game shows.[7] Having been called “the hardest working man in show business“,[8][9] he holds the Guinness World Record for the most hours on U.S. television.[10][11] After graduating from the University of Notre Dame, Philbin served in the U.S. Navy and got his television start Read More
Hayden Panettiere, Childhood Home, Palisades, New York
Hayden Lesley Panettiere (/ˌpænətiˈɛər/; born August 21, 1989)[3] is an American actress, model, and singer. She is known for playing Lizzie Spaulding on the soap opera Guiding Light, cheerleader Claire Bennet on the NBC Superhero series Heroes (2006–2010) and Juliette Barnes in the ABC/CMT musical drama series Nashville (2012–2018). A native of New York, she first appeared in a commercial at the age of eleven months. Her full-time acting career began by playing Sarah Roberts on One Read More
Harriet Tubman Home, Auburn, New York
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822[1] – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends,[2] using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. In Read More
Jonas Salk Childhood Home, Apartment Complex, Bronx, New York
Jonas Edward Salk (/sɔːlk/; October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995) was an American medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. Born in New York City, he attended the City College of New York and New York University School of Medicine, later choosing to do medical research instead of becoming a practicing physician. In 1939, after Read More
Angelina Joley, Childhood Home, Snedens Landing, New York
Angelina Jolie (/dʒoʊˈliː/; née Voight, formerly Jolie Pitt,[3] born June 4, 1975)[4] is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. The recipient of such accolades as an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards, she has been named Hollywood’s highest-paid actress multiple times. Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father, Jon Voight, in Lookin’ to Get Out (1982), and her film career began in earnest a Read More
Donald Trump Boyhood Home, Queens, New York
Donald Trump – Wikipedia Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in Queens, a borough of New York City, and received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Wharton School. Read More