Louise Vanderbilt

Louise Vanderbilt
Born
Louisa Holmes Anthony

(1854-09-04)September 4, 1854
DiedAugust 21, 1926(1926-08-21) (aged 71)
Paris, France
Spouses
Alfred Torrance
(m. 1868; div. 1877)
(m. 1878)
Louise Vanderbilt's bedroom at Hyde Park. Design by Ogden Codman. (Photo by Kevin Oldenburg for NPS).

Louise Holmes Anthony Vanderbilt (September 4, 1854 – August 21, 1926) was an American heiress and socialite. Her philanthropist causes included educational opportunities and entertainments for the local community near her Hyde Park, New York home, the annual Thanksgiving dinner for the newsboys in Newport, Rhode Island, several New York City based charities, and the Anthony Home which she founded in 1913.