Career
Lila Vanderbilt Webb, (1860–1936) was an American heiress. Her grandfather was Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877). Her siblings were Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843–1899), Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard (1843–1924), William Kissam Vanderbilt (1849–1920), Frederick William Vanderbilt (1856–1938), Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (1854–1952), Emily Thorn Vanderbilt (1852–1946) and George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914).
She attended Mission Porter’s School in Farmington, Connecticut.
Houses
With her United States$10 million inheritance, she 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. In 1923, she built a house on Dunbar Road in Palm Beach, Florida.
Later, she built another house in Gulf Stream, Florida.
Personal life
She enjoyed playing golf, contract bridge, gardening, traveling and reading. She died in 1936.