A Lost Vanderbilt Mansion in West Hartford, Connecticut

A mansion erected by a member of the Vanderbilt family once stood along Farmington Avenue in West Hartford, Connecticut. In this video I explain how the mansion came to be built, mention a notable artistic couple that was married in it, and tell how the mansion was replaced by an exclusive housing development.
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This video uses an old photograph of the mansion from the Connecticut Historical Society: Vanderbilt house, West Hartford: hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:12469
This video uses an image of the mansion from the New York Public Library: digitalcollections.nypl.org/i...
A PLACE GRAND ENOUGH FOR THE VANDERBILTS TO CALL HOME (Hartford Courant): www.courant.com/news/connecti...
Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt: www.findagrave.com/memorial/9...
West Hill Drive Historic District (Preservation Connecticut): lhdct.org/district/west-hill-d...
National Register of Historic Places nomination for West Hill Drive Historic District: npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAss...
Charmed, I’m Sure: West Hartford’s West Hill Drive Historic District: we-ha.com/charmed-im-sure-wes...
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[@warrenguy76]

I didn’t realize where this mansion was when I clicked on the video, but I recognized the stone wall! I only moved to Connecticut in 1999, but I ended up in West Hartford for a bit from 2008 to 2010, and lived in the Packard across the street on the 4th floor overlooking Farmington Ave! I didn’t know I lived so close to the site! Thanks, Dan!

[@nunyabiznes4471]

Excellent! Absolutely fascinating.

[@veronicaroach3667]

I lived in the Hartford/Windsor CT area for several years back in the 1970's - I remember a very big house on the West side of Hartford that was in this same mode as the house shown. It might be still there, i believe it was also an historic house, had an original famous owner, altho not the house in this story since that was obviously torn down. The whole Hartford area has a lot of history which I enjoyed discovering. We moved away in the early 80's but I often think back to that area, remembering how proud many of the locals were of their ancesters - some families had been in the area since the 1700's. CT is a beautiful state.

[@timothysullivan4130]

I grew up in west Hartford, know exactly where this is.

[@rodolfoayalajr.8589]

Thank you for this educational video friend. Sad the pavement looks crappy for a rich neighborhood.

[@user-mv7cu4sl9v]

Wow I just took a walk in that exact hill. after discovering it a few weeks ago, I noticed how well all the buildings were made, as each one seemed specially constructed. The big coincidence is that I by chance was recommended your video just now after getting home from my walk. Thanks this is very cool as I was having slight curiosity as to why that area seemed a little different.

[@historywithdansterner263]

I glad you learned about my video!

[@vnonkwinn6233]

Very interesting, I GREW up in hartfords flatbush ave/new park ave in the 50s/60s, And the only old home i ever heard about was **Mark TWAINS** Home which i passed every day while attending *Hartford high school* the early 70s. Makes me feel as if iv'e hobnobed with the great elites.

[@tjkennedy3]

I lived on North Quaker Lane in West Hartford and played in Vanderbilt Park off of Vanderbilt Road as a child. I always wondered about the name of the park. Thank you for this great historical video!

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thank you for watching, I appreciate it!

[@tedlipkin4742]

I grew up in that area - Beautiful street.

[@kathrynmyers19]

I had no idea this existed and just read Anderson Cooper's fascinating book on the Vanderbilts, thanks Dan!

[@johnkulpowich5260]

Love history

[@AWWx2]

You just got your 1000th subscriber; ME ! Very interesting video. I hit the "like" button, too ! I bet these homes in W. Hartford cost a bit more than $10,000 these days.

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thanks a lot! Please check out my other videos too! And yes, a hundred years of inflation has changed things quite a bit!

[@johnmesawich313]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing Keep them coming Dan!

[@jackd8602]

Thanks again Dan

[@michaelperry6376]

Very good video loved it. Keep up the good work. Time to repave the roads up in that area, lol Great video! Looking forward to seeing that next famous person you do here in the State.

[@grzegorzdawidowicz7426]

Maybe you could do something like that about Wilcox mansion in Meriden

[@joshuacaseyccsu]

Great video, blocks from where I grew up.

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thanks for watching!

[@christineatedesco-labrecqu9348]

Would have liked to have seen more of the houses.

[@alexarobinson2850]

Anyone else feel like George Terry was suspiciously lucky?

[@binskins]

What's with the cemetery just to the south of Vanderbilt Hill? It doesn't seem to be there now. What happened to it and who was buried there? Could that be the Quaker cemetery on Quaker Lane?

[@historywithdansterner263]

Interesting question! I'm pretty sure it's the Quaker Cemetery.

[@grzegorzdawidowicz7426]

Great video

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thank you!

[@mr.x8259]

Why do the drawings say Hartford?

[@historywithdansterner263]

Do you mean on the postcard? I'm not sure. Maybe the publisher was not that particular.

[@mr.x8259]

@@historywithdansterner263 Yes, I was talking about the postcard.

[@labla8940]

So he was a rump ranger Explains why a super rich handsome guy married an unatractive woman

[@masescranton9630]

Shame that so many treasures like this were lost. Mostly to short sighted neglect , greed or horrible development. The grandest house ever built in Connecticut was the Waddingham Mansion in West Haven it was rumoured burned to the ground for an insurance payment in October 1903.

[@historywithdansterner263]

Sad to hear that.:(