His mother was Mary Emma Corliss, whose uncle, George Henry Corliss, built the Centennial Engine that powered the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
The Italian Villa style house was built in 1875 by George Henry Corliss, inventor of the Corliss Steam Engine.
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