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Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly ( née Vanderbilt; January 8, 1854 – April 11, 1952) was an American socialite and heiress. She was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. [1] She and her husband Hamilton McKown Twombly built Florham, a gilded age estate in Madison, New Jersey. In 1946, her relationship to her wealth was summarized by ...
Florham is a former Vanderbilt estate that is located in Madison and Florham Park, New Jersey. It was built during the 1890s for Hamilton McKown Twombly and his wife, Florence Adele Vanderbilt, a member of the Vanderbilt family. Now part of the Florham Campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University, the mansion is one of the ten largest houses in the ...
Patterson, Jerry E., The Vanderbilts, Abrams, NY, 1989. The Vanderbilts and The Gilded Age: Architectural Aspirations 1879-1901 by John Foreman and Robbie Pierce Stimson — a chapter on each of the houses: Biltmore, Shelburne, the Breakers, Marble House, Florham, and others — built by eight grandchildren of Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt.
The story of “Florham,” now the Florham Campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University, begins over 110 years ago. Heiress Florence Vanderbilt, granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, renowned as the richest man in America, and her husband, financier Hamilton McKown Twombly, wanted a country estate. In 1887 they came to the quiet Morris ...
In 1896, Vinland was sold to railroad tycoon Hamilton McKown Twombly and his wife Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly. The Twomblys enlarged the house considerably between 1907 and 1910. The interior at this time was recreated by Ogden Codman. In 1955, Mrs. Twombly's daughter, Florence Burden, donated the estate to Salve Regina University.
Oct 16, 2018 · Florham - HouseHistree. Florham. Florham Park, Morris County, New Jersey. Completed in 1897, for Hamilton McKown Twombly (1849-1910) and his wife Florence Adele Vanderbilt (1854–1952). Built by the sister of the men who put up The Breakers, Marble House etc., the Twombly's 102-room mansion - inspired by the "new" 17th century wing of an old ...
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Florham, the country estate of the Vanderbilt-Twombly family from 1897 to 1955, has been the Florham Campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University since 1958. Despite its present academic function, the estate—as is apparent to visitors—maintains its historic character of its prominent past through the ongoing presence of buildings and landscaping designed by the most significant architects of ...
