To the left of the front door, about fifty meters away, is where the Vanderbilt family kept its horses.

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The people who worked for the Vanderbilt family lived in this lower part.

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Several of them were for other members of the Vanderbilt family.

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While this format is unusual, it is not unknown: The grandest example is the Vanderbilt family's 250-room mansion, Biltmore House, in Asheville, N.

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Plank is quick to admit that he did not buy Sagamore, once a Vanderbilt family holding, out of some long-standing love affair with horse racing.

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Also, Gloria Vanderbilt, part of the well-known Vanderbilt family and a Broadway actress, was one of the earliest developers of designer blue jeans in 1970s when she licensed her name.

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