Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb

Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb (September 20, 1860 – July 10, 1936) was an American heiress.

Early life Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt was born on September 20, 1860, in Staten Island. She was the youngest daughter and seventh child of William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–1885) and Maria Louisa (Kissam) Vanderbilt. Together, Eliza and William were the parents of four children: Frederica Vanderbilt Webb (1882–1949), married Ralph Pulitzer, son of Joseph Pulitzer. James Watson Webb II (1884–1960), married Electra Havemeyer, youngest child of Henry Osborne Havemeyer. William Seward Webb Jr. (1887–1956), married Gertrude Emily Gaynor, daughter of Mayor William Jay Gaynor. Vanderbilt Seward Webb (1891–1956), name partner of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, married Aileen Osborn, daughter of art collector William Church Osborn. After a funeral at Trinity Church in Shelburne, she was buried alongside her late husband at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

Residences

With her US$10 million inheritance, Vanderbilt bought and developed Shelburne Farms in Shelburne, Vermont, in 1899. She planned meals, hired servants, hosted guests, and took care of the interior decorating and garden design. She entertained at Shelburne Farms until her death in 1936. During his 1909 visit to Shelburne Farms, President William Howard Taft said her husband was absent because he was drunk.

In April 1923, Vanderbilt built a house on Dunbar Road in Palm Beach, Florida. Later, she built another house in Gulf Stream, Florida.