"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Caroline descended from the Schermerhorns and the Van Cortlandts, Dutch families that were among the ...

HBO Max’s “The Gilded Age” Season 1 followed the highs and lows, affluence and melodrama, of the real-life Gilded Age in New York City. The show is full of historically accurate feuds, classism, ...

At the turn of the century, New York served as the epicenter of America’s Gilded Age. Those who have seen the period drama know that city socialite Caroline Astor hosted lavish parties at her Fifth ...

Inspired by St. Regis Founding Patroness Caroline Astor, Celebrated Scent Designer Carlos Huber of ARQUISTE Reveals the Scent of St. Regis Hotels & Resorts NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Regis Hotels ...

Vanderbilt University professor Tichi (Jack London) delivers a crisp survey of New York’s upper-class world in the late 19th century, using society maven Caroline Astor as the guide. Tichi entices ...

The Gift Beechwood, the 19th-century Newport, R.I., estate where socialite Caroline Astor—the Mrs. Astor—spent her summers. $18 million Matron of Manhattan high society Caroline Webster Schermerhorn ...

NEW YORK — She wears torn nightgowns and sleeps on a couch that smells of urine. Her bland diet includes pureed peas and oatmeal. Her dogs, once a source of comfort, are kept locked in a pantry. A ...