Gold Coast Mansions of the Vanderbilt family

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Beacon Towers

Remains Sands Point, 1917 to 1918

Beacon Towers was a white stucco castle on the shore at Sands Point, built in 1917 and 1918 for Alva Belmont, the.
Eagle’s Nest

Open Centerport, 1910 to 1936

Eagle's Nest is the Centerport estate of William Kissam Vanderbilt II, a great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt. It began as a small cottage,.
Idle Hour

Institutional Oakdale, 1899 to 1901

Idle Hour is the brick and stone mansion that William Kissam Vanderbilt built in Oakdale after fire destroyed his first house on.