Vanderbilt Mansion NHS, in terms of architecture, interiors, mechanical systems, road systems and landscape, is a remarkably complete example of a gilded-age country place, illustrating the political, economic, social, cultural, and demographic changes that occurred as America industrialized in the years after the Civil War.

Photo: NPS Photo/Bill Urbin

Photo: Tom Fuchs

Photo: NPS Photo/Bill Urbin

Photo: Tom Fuchs