he called it waddington. that was the name given to this property by the second owner of the mansion in 1856. a man from england called george smith. mr. smith felt that the rolling hills reminded him of his ancestral home in england. mr. oglebay, doing some research on the property, fell upon that name, loved the name, and called it waddington. the house, when it was built in 1846, was a farmhouse. it had eight rooms, four bedrooms, four downstairs room, central staircase. it was a basic farmhouse. a red brick farmhouse when he originally purchased it. mr. oglebay wanted to make it more fitting of a summer home of an industrialist, of a wealthy man. at that time, a lot of wealthy industrialists had beautiful summer estates. you think about the biltmore, which is the largest private home in america and how beautiful it is. this is nothing like that. but i am sure mr. oglebay knew mr. vanderbilt, knew those sorts of folks, and wanted to have a summer estate that was more befitting his status. the first thing h