The Gilded Age

The period of industrialization that led to the great creation of wealth as a result of new technologies and unparalleled growth was known as the Gilded Age...

See the link below for more background:

https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/gilded-age

See how some of the giants of industry lived in this era:

Kykuit-the country home of John D. Rockefeller Sr., John D. Rockefeller Jr., Nelson A. Rockefeller, and their families...

https://hudsonvalley.org/historic-sites/kykuit-the-rockefeller-estate/

http://www.abbeville.com/bookpage.asp?ISBN=0789202220


Andrew Carnegie Estate

https://www.cooperhewitt.org/carnegie-mansion-history/


Cornelius Vanderbilt lived in a modest home, but his descendants made up for it.

https://untappedcities.com/2012/02/01/remnants-of-the-vanderbilt-mansion-in-new-york-city/

http://thegildedageera.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-cornelius-vanderbilt-ii-mansion-new.html


Jay Gould

http://www.lyndhurst.org/