Complex sentence: Crocker's New York City and Darlington houses were sold after his death (Darlington to the banker Emerson McMillin), with the proceeds going to the George Crocker Special Research Fund at Columbia University for cancer research.
Split into simpler sentences: Crocker's New York City and Darlington houses were sold after his death. The proceeds of the sale of the houses went to the George Crocker Special Research Fund at Columbia University for cancer research.