Special to The New York Times. TimesMachine is an exclusive ... The extent of the real estate operations in Rhinebeck of Col. John Jacob Astor has alarmed some of the old residents, who fear ...
Special to The New York Times. TimesMachine is an exclusive ... The fellow-townsmen of Col. John Jacob Astor in Rhinebeck, where the Astor family has resided for generations, charged him with ...
John Jacob Astor IV went down with the Titanic, but his Stanford White-designed estate in Rhinebeck, New York survives him. Stanford White's great-grandson Sam White has fully restored the place.