Mystery Foto #30 Solved: The Lakeville Hotel on the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this Vanderbilt Cup Race course Mystery Foto.
Answers to the Mystery Foto questions:
- Describe the location of this Foto and the orientation of the photographer
The building is located on the north-east corner of the intersection of I.U.Willets Road and Lakeville Road in Lakeville (now Lake Success). The photographer on I.U. Willets Road looking north-west.
- Associate this Foto with the Vanderbilt Cup Race(s) including its name when the Foto was taken
The building was the Lakeville Hotel owned by Frank Flaherty (also referred to as Lakeville Inn). Flaherty's Corner was on the course for the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race (racers came west on I.U. Willets Road and head south on Lakeville Road) and the course for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race (racers came south on Lakeville Road and turned east on I.U. Willets Road).
- What other names were later used for the building?
Eleverton Inn owned by R. H. Siverbrand.
Red Lion Inn owned by Tom E. Coffey.
- Is this building still standing? If not, when was it taken down?
As documented by Art Kleiner (see Kleiner's Korner), the Red Lion Inn was destroyed by a fire in October 1927.
Comments (9)
Congrats to Frank Mendyk, Steve Lucas, Dick Gorman, Art Kleiner and Tim Ivers for correctly identifying the Lakeville Hotel in now Lake Success.
Kudos to Art Kleiner for discovering the actual sad date that the Red Lion Inn was destoyed in 1927.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
Original Postcard
The postcard was the first in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle series for the 1906 Mineola Fair.
The copy had a typo in the village name:
"No. 1- Bad Curve on the Vanderbilt Race Course at Flherty's Corner, Lakewill, L.I."
"We watched the auto races from this place. Love from Ethel"
Postmarked Oct. 1905
Close-Up
1905
The 1905 blueprint for the "second contest" showed the turn at the hotel.
This ad ran in the 1905 Program Guide promoting "Accommodations for man or car or both". Frank Flaherty was the proprietor.
Looking west, a car making a turn on to I.U. Willets Road from Lakeville Road.
Driver Joe Tracy and his mechanician Al Poole in their Locomobile in front of the hotel. In 1905, the Locomobile headquarters was in nearly Maple Cottage.
John Warden's Mercedes in front of the well-dressed crowd at the Lakeville Hotel.
Felice Nazzarro driving his Fiat during a practice run. The hotel is in the background.
The 1904 winner George Heath driving his new Panhard.
1906
As seen in the 1906 Belcher-Hyde map, the Lakeville Inn (Hotel) was on the north-east corner of the intersection of Lakeville Road and I. U. Willets Road in Lakeville, now Lake Success.
Eleverton Inn
The Lakeville Hotel was sold several times and often renamed. Here it was the Elverton Inn with R.H. Silverbrand as its proprietor.
Red Lion Inn
In the 1920s, the hotel was called the Red Lion Inn promoting that it was "Near the Great Neck Lodge of the Motor Parkway."
Aerials
1926 The Red Lion Inn can still be seen.
1950 The Red Lion is long gone. The Lakeville Manor Inn can be seen futher east.
2018 current Google Earth aerial
Kleiner's Korner (Submitted by Art Kleiner)
Note how Lakeville Road intersected Lakeville Road in this map.
Automobile Blue Book 1919
"Good Eats"
"Known for its Good Food"
Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 12, 1927
The Red Lion Inn was destroyed by fire on October 12, 1927.
Manhasset Mail, October 14, 1927
Comments
The Lakeville Hotel - Lake Success ,intersection of Lakeville Rd and I.U. Willets Rd
photo of hotel looking to the northwest
The hotel was on the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup race course.
Names of building - Lakeville Inn, Elverton Inn, and Red Lion Inn.
building burnt down and was taken down in the 1930’s
Photo was card #1 of the Post card series - Brooklyn Mineola Fair series #3
Post card series was originally posted on the Blog on Jan 07, 2014
I believe we are looking at Flaherty’s Corner in the village of Lakeville (now Lake Success). The building is the Lakeville Hotel, sometimes called the Lakeville Inn, on the northeast corner of Lakeville Road and I. U. Willets Road. It was a great place to watch both the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races. The direction of the photographer appears to be toward the northwest. In later years, the building was also known as the Elverton Inn and the Red Lion Inn. I believe it burned down in the 1930’s, sometime after 1932.
Total guess….not the easiest pic to see with the trees blocking the view but this really does resemble the Westbury Quaker Hall at the corner of Jericho Tpk and Post Ave. This was perhaps 1/2 mike away from the former Vanderbilt cup start / finish line on Jericho Tpk. Yes this is still standing.
Guess. Bull Run Inn. Corner of Northern Blvd and Glen Cove Rd. Moved off corner, about 70-80 years ago. Torn down about 10 years ago.
Mystery Foto #30…. This building, The Lakeville Inn back in the day, was located at the North East corner of the intersection of Lakeville Road and I.U. Willets road in Lakeville. The inn was along the route of the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt cup races.
The inn was later named The Elverton Inn and in 1932 became the Red lion Inn. No longer standing because later in the ‘30s it burned down.
Lakeville, by the way, is now Lake Success.
Describe the location of this Foto and the orientation of the photograph:
Willits Road, Lakeville Road in Lake Success (Lakeville). North of today’s LIE. Looking north
Associate this Foto with the Vanderbilt Cup Race(s) including its name when the Foto was taken:
Lakeville Hotel - was a viewing spot for the 1905 and 1906 Cup Races
What other names were later used for the building? Elverton Inn, Red Lion Inn
Is this building still standing? If not, when was it taken down? Building burned in 1927, however other entries onto the blog have it still in business in 1930s.
Looks somewhat like the old Lakeville Hotel on Lakeville Rd. And I.U. Willetts Rd. In Lake Success looking northwest. The 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races passed in front of this hotel. It was later known as the Elverton Inn and the Red Lion Inn. The hotel burned down in the 1930s.
Judi T.
I think the mystery photo is on Old Jericho Turnpike right bear Jericho HS
Great multi views of the hotel. The additional photos help show how it really looked on the corner. Willie K’s Deepdale property was just across the street on the southwest corner
I like the photo of I.U. Willets Road & Lakeville Road the best. Also Tracy & Poole in the Locomobile. Sharp detail!