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title: Wyndclyffe Estate, Southeast View
author: Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14169/wyndclyffe-estate-southeast-view/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Wyndclyffe Estate, Southeast View
_Authored by Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/14169.jpeg)
## Image Caption
[Wyndclyffe Estate](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1770/the-wyndclyffe-estate/), home of Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones (l. 1810-1876), the New York socialite who commissioned the building in 1853 and is thought to have inspired the phrase "keeping up with the Joneses", a reference to trying to match a neighbor's displays of affluence.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Congress), H. A. B. S. (. o. (2021, June 03). Wyndclyffe Estate, Southeast View. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Congress), Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of. "Wyndclyffe Estate, Southeast View." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 03, 2021. .
### MLA
Congress), Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of. "Wyndclyffe Estate, Southeast View." *World History Encyclopedia*, 03 Jun 2021, .
## License & Copyright
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