Vanderbilt II, the 3rd and youngest son of William Henry Vanderbilt and youngest brother of Cornelius II, hired architect Richard Morris Hunt and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to construct Biltmore Estate on near Asheville, North Carolina. The 250 room mansion and of floor space remains on top of the list of largest houses in the United States to date. While some of Cornelius Vanderbilt's descendants gained fame in business, others achieved prominence in other ways, e.g.: Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1877–1915), was a passenger on the RMS Lusitania and died when it sank. Alfred's eldest son, from his first marriage, William Henry Vanderbilt III was Governor of Rhode Island. Alfred's second son Alfred Jr. became a noted horse breeder and racing elder. Harold Stirling Vanderbilt (1884–1970) gained fame as a sportsman. He invented the contract form of bridge and won the most coveted prize in yacht racing, the America's Cup, on three occasions. Harold's brother William Kissam "Willie K" Vanderbilt II launched the Vanderbilt Cup for auto racing. Gloria Vanderbilt (1924–2019) was a noted artist, designer, actress and author. Gloria's son, Anderson Cooper, is a Peabody Award and Emmy Award-winning journalist, author, and television producer and personality. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was a sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art In 1855, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt donated of property to the Moravian Church and Cemetery at New Dorp on Staten Island, New York. Later, his son William Henry Vanderbilt donated a further . The Vanderbilt Family Mausoleum was designed in 1885 by architect Richard Morris Hunt and landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted. Vanderbilt family tree Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877) William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–1885) Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843–1899) Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt (1869–1874) William Henry Vanderbilt II (1870–1892) Cornelius Vanderbilt III (1873–1942) Cornelius Vanderbilt IV (1898–1974) Gertrude Vanderbilt (1875–1942) Flora Payne Whitney (1897–1986) Pamela Tower (1921–2013) John LeBoutillier (born 1953) Whitney Tower (1923–1999) Flora Miller Biddle (born 1928) Barbara Whitney (1903–1983) Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899–1992) Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1877–1915) Governor William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901–1981) Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. (1912–1999) Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt III (born 1949) James Platten Vanderbilt (born 1975) George Washington Vanderbilt III (1914–1961) Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt (1880–1925) Cathleen Vanderbilt (1904–1944) Gloria Laura Vanderbilt (1924–2019) Leopold Stanislaus "Stan" Stokowski (born 1950) Christopher Stokowski (born 1952) Carter Vanderbilt Cooper (1965–1988) Anderson Hays Cooper (born 1967) Wyatt Morgan Cooper (born 2020) Sebastian Luke Maisani-Cooper (born 2022) Gladys Moore