

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Real Gilded Age: Creators, Houses, and Families
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for a landmark conversation with NYU professor and author Mosette Broderick, North Shore historian and author Paul J. Mateyunas, and former U.S. Congressman John LeBoutillier, great-grandson of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.

This engaging discussion will offer a vivid look at the Gilded Age and its lasting impact on American art, architecture, and society. Together, our speakers will explore the creators who shaped New York society, the grand townhouses and country estates they built, and the powerful families behind them. Highlights include the rise of Fifth Avenue as America’s premier residential address and an inside look at two of the era’s most influential dynasties: the Vanderbilts and the Whitneys.

Sparkling wine and passed hors d'oeuvres will be served.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/old-westbury/the-real-gilded-age-creators-houses-and-families/200029789165507
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 47

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://1473.blackbaudhosting.com/1473/The-Real-Gilded-Age-Creators-Houses-and-Families?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=old+westbury-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Old Westbury
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 71 Old Westbury Road
- **lat**: 40.77221
- **long**: -73.5967
- **full address**: 71 Old Westbury Road, 71 Old Westbury Rd, Old Westbury, NY 11568-1603, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Old Westbury Gardens (https://allevents.in/org/old-westbury-gardens/11539216)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 71 Old Westbury Road, 71 Old Westbury Rd, Old Westbury, NY 11568-1603, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Old Westbury Gardens
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Real Gilded Age: Creators, Houses, and Families ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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