C K G Billings
Cornelius Kingsley Garrison Billings
American
Cornelius Kingsley Garrison Billings was a notable American industrialist and horseman. - AsNotedIn
Cornelius Kingsley Garrison Billings was a notable American industrialist and horseman. - AsNotedIn
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1893/11/00 | Cornelius Kingsley Garrison Billings of Chicago buys the Norway Building and moves it to Lake Geneva where he has it reassembled on his summer estate. | Owner | Little Norway | Blue Mounds | World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago | ||
1905/00/00 | C K G Billings builds a mansion called Tryon Hall (lost) with a swimming pool, horse stables and pergolas. The Fort Tryon Cottage (Billings old gatehouse), driveway gate post and The Billings Arcade remain. | Home | Fort Tryon Park and the Cloisters | New York City | |||
1913/00/00 | C K G Billings buys the Curles Neck property and turns it into one of the most important horse breeding farms in the country. | Owner | Curles Neck Farm | Glendale, VA |