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  1. Frederick Ferris Thompson (June 14, 1836 – April 10, 1899) was a prominent American banker and railroad president who co-founded the First National Bank and what is now Citibank. He was also an early amateur photographer and a noted philanthropist.

  2. F. F. Thompson is best known to Williams College for his generous philanthropy. His first gift to Williams was that of the clock tower on Lasell Gymnasium in 1886. The following year he purchased the Tallmadge Farm and gave the 40+ acres to the college. He was one of the largest contributors to the Hopkins Memorial Fund, established in 1888 to ...

  3. Banker, philanthropist. Born in New York City, he was the son of prominant banker John Thompson and his wife, Electra Ferris. He attended Williams College, but left in 1854 to do business abroad for his father. In 1863, Frederick and his brother Samuel founded the First National Bank of the City of New York, which...

  4. After Frederick Ferris Thompsons death in 1889 at age 62, additions and renovations were made to the mansion including adding electricity, upgrading bathrooms, and adding a balcony to each of the second-floor bedrooms. Also, the servants wing was extended, once again completed by Francis Allen.

  5. His father, John Thompson, became one of the most influ-ential bankers in the country when banking in America was experiencing growing pains. John had moved from New England to downstate New York, and eventually moved to Wall Street and acted as a broker from 1832-1842. Frederick’s older brother Samuel was born in 1835, and Frederick Ferris ...

  6. Sonnenberg is the former summer home and creation of Frederick Ferris and Mary Clark Thompson. He was a New York City banker, and she was the daughter of a New York State governor. As newlyweds in 1863, the Thompsons purchased a 300-acre farmstead named Sonnenberg (Sunny Hill) near Canandaigua Lake for their summer estate. By 1887, they ...

  7. A short list of other notable names includes the women's rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton; banker Frederick Ferris Thompson and his wife, Mary Clark Thompson, who oversaw the creation...