Comments by "g bridgman" (@1940limited) on "What Happened to Florence Vanderbilt's Mansion? (Florham)" video.

  1. Sadly, I don't think there's as many pictures of the plae as we'd like. The pool was in Ruth's playhouse which was torn down long ago.
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  2. Hamilton died at age 61 at this home distraught over the death of his 18 year old son who died of a heart attack after swimming across a lake. Another daughter, Alice died at 16 from scarlet fever. Despite their wealth, in those days, there wasn't much that could be done about childhood diseases. Ruth died 2 years after her mother at age 70 also from a heart attack. She had been in charge of the houses. With her passing in 1955 the estate was sold.
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  3. I've never been able to find any remnnts of that or much information about it.
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  4. Too bad all the shutters were removed at some time although I'm sure they'd be a big maintenance headache.
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