2014 Vanderbilt Jaguar Concours d’Elegance
Snapshots taken at the Jaguar Drivers Club of Long Island and the MG Car Club-Long Island Centre sponsored classic show held on Sunday, September 14, from 11:00 to 4:00. The event, a Concours d’ Elegance and All Marque Concours Sanitaire, was held on the Great Lawn of the Vanderbilt Mansion.
From the Vanderbilt Museum website http://www.vanderbiltmuseum.org/mansion/) : "In the summer of 1910, William K. Vanderbilt II bought 20 acres on a wooded hill above Northport Bay. There, he commissioned the renowned New York City architecture firm of Warren & Wetmore to build him a summer house. The partners had designed and built Grand Central Terminal in New York City (1903-13) for his great-grandfather Cornelius Vanderbilt’ s (1794-1877) New York Central Railroad.
Between 1910 and 1936 the architects expanded the house into a stunning Spanish-Revival style mansion Vanderbilt called Eagle’s Nest. Over the years, Vanderbilt purchased more land and expanded the estate to 43 acres. One of the few remaining Gold Coast mansions, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
A notable feature of the 24-room mansion – in addition to its distinctive architecture – is the elegant decorative ironwork created by Samuel Yellin, considered the greatest iron artisan of his time. He created window grilles, door handles, light fixtures, railings, planters, gates and weather vanes for the house. Yellin’s work can be found in 45 states, and adorns the Federal Reserve Bank in New York City, Yale University, private homes, significant buildings, and other Gold Coast mansions.
This remarkable mansion offers an intimate look at the life of a privileged family from the Jazz Age through the Second World War. The rooms are as William and Rosamund Vanderbilt left them, filled with priceless art, furnishings and personal possessions. When visitors walk through the Vanderbilt mansion, they enter a “living museum,” an enchanting time capsule of a vanished era."
Read MoreFrom the Vanderbilt Museum website http://www.vanderbiltmuseum.org/mansion/) : "In the summer of 1910, William K. Vanderbilt II bought 20 acres on a wooded hill above Northport Bay. There, he commissioned the renowned New York City architecture firm of Warren & Wetmore to build him a summer house. The partners had designed and built Grand Central Terminal in New York City (1903-13) for his great-grandfather Cornelius Vanderbilt’ s (1794-1877) New York Central Railroad.
Between 1910 and 1936 the architects expanded the house into a stunning Spanish-Revival style mansion Vanderbilt called Eagle’s Nest. Over the years, Vanderbilt purchased more land and expanded the estate to 43 acres. One of the few remaining Gold Coast mansions, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
A notable feature of the 24-room mansion – in addition to its distinctive architecture – is the elegant decorative ironwork created by Samuel Yellin, considered the greatest iron artisan of his time. He created window grilles, door handles, light fixtures, railings, planters, gates and weather vanes for the house. Yellin’s work can be found in 45 states, and adorns the Federal Reserve Bank in New York City, Yale University, private homes, significant buildings, and other Gold Coast mansions.
This remarkable mansion offers an intimate look at the life of a privileged family from the Jazz Age through the Second World War. The rooms are as William and Rosamund Vanderbilt left them, filled with priceless art, furnishings and personal possessions. When visitors walk through the Vanderbilt mansion, they enter a “living museum,” an enchanting time capsule of a vanished era."
