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The Vanderbilt Museum is located in Centerport on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, USA. Named for William Vanderbilt II (1878–1944), it is located on his former 43-acre (17 ha) estate, Eagle's Nest .
0946210. Centerport is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the notably affluent North Shore of Long Island, historically known as the Gold Coast. Formerly known as Little Cow Harbor in about 1700, as Centerport in 1836, and as Centerport after 1895, the name refers to its geographic position ...
Photograph of Idle Hour from Architectural Record, c.1903. Idle Hour is a former Vanderbilt estate that is located in Oakdale on Long Island in Suffolk County, New York. It was completed in 1901 for William Kissam Vanderbilt. Once part of Dowling College, the mansion is one of the largest houses in the United States.
Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843–1899) Townhouse, the " Cornelius Vanderbilt II House " (1883) at 1 West 57th Street, Manhattan, New York, by George B. Post. Enlargements by George B. Post and Richard Morris Hunt. This mansion remains the largest private residence ever built in Manhattan. Demolished.
Designated NYSRHP. June 23, 1980. Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site is a historic house museum in Hyde Park, New York, United States. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1940, it is owned and operated by the National Park Service. The property, historically known as Hyde Park, was one of several homes owned by Frederick William ...
In 1902, Vanderbilt began construction on his own country place at Lake Success on Long Island that he named "Deepdale." In 1903 he bought Tarantula, the first turbine-powered steam yacht in the World. [2] However, sailing took second place to his enthusiasm for fast cars.
Eatons Neck Point at Huntington Bay and Long Island Sound off Lighthouse Road 40°57′15″N 73°23′48″W / 40.954167°N 73.396667°W / 40.954167; -73.396667 ( Eatons Neck Asharoken
George Washington Vanderbilt II (November 14, 1862 – March 6, 1914) was an American art collector and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, which amassed a huge fortune through steamboats, railroads, and various business enterprises. [1] He commissioned the construction of a 250-room mansion, the largest privately owned home in the ...