Gentleman/Art Collector
Centurion, 1889–1914
Born 14 November 1862 in Staten Island (New Dorp), New York
Died 6 March 1914 in Washington, District of Columbia
Buried Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum
, New Dorp, New York
Proposed by Henry Codman Potter and Brayton Ives
Elected 2 February 1889 at age twenty-six
Archivist’s Note: Brother of Cornelius Vanderbilt II; uncle of Cornelius Vanderbilt III and Vanderbilt Webb
Century Memorial
George Washington Vanderbilt, of studious tastes and a munificent patron of the fine arts: the Vanderbilt Gallery in the American Fine Arts Society building was his gift. He was the owner of the estate of Biltmore, North Carolina, which his inherited wealth enabled him to assemble and his constructive perseverance enabled him to complete.
Henry Osborn Taylor
1915 Century Association Yearbook