Modest by comparison
A few weeks ago, Hershey Story staff offered a sneak peek of the mansion ahead of the tours that are being offered by permission of the Hershey Trust Co. â whose offices are located in the grand structure on East Mansion Road in Hershey.
In 1908, when the Hersheys moved into the home, it was a modest mansion compared to those of other business titans of Milton Hersheyâs stature at the time, says Anthony Haubert, communications and public relations manager for the M.S. Hershey Foundation. George Vanderbilt, for example, spent about $10 million on Biltmore in Asheville, North Carolina, he notes.