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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.
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There are windows in them which means maybe they were added to allow natural light into the tomb.
From Mystery Foto #45 Solved: The Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum in Staten Island
Brian, you can see them at the top of the dome in the interior photo
From Mystery Foto #45 Solved: The Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum in Staten Island
Here’s a couple of aerial views of the Vanderbilt Tomb in Staten Island. Closeup shows the entire structure, the 2 higher parts of the tomb is obvious.
From Mystery Foto #45 Solved: The Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum in Staten Island
Dave - The Vanderbilt Family had roots in Staten Island. See attached link and photos.
https://househistree.com/houses/commodore-vanderbilt-s-mansion
From Mystery Foto #45 Solved: The Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum in Staten Island
I forgot to submit the HERE images
From Mystery Foto #45 Solved: The Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum in Staten Island
Anyone know what I marked as HERE may be? I don’t see these in the recent image, unless there out of view. For venting maybe?
From Mystery Foto #45 Solved: The Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum in Staten Island
Why Staten Island?
Did any Vanderbilt’s live there?
They had ties to Long Island, I would understand a Vanderbilt plot there but does anyone know why they chose this location??
From Mystery Foto #45 Solved: The Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum in Staten Island
Karl Petersen
Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum
LOCATION New Dorp, Richmond County (Staten Island), New York, 10306 USA
From Mystery Foto #45 Solved: The Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum in Staten Island
Greg & Art, the incident on Steamboat Rd. GN , the cross burning, took place at the now area called Park Circle, a development of homes just about 100yds west off of Steamboat Rd. according to my Mom , my Grandfather had his farm at # 56 Steamboat Rd. The area was quite undeveloped at that time. I’d be interested in finding where the klan HQ’s were as I lived there till 1962 an knew many of the residents
From Update:Kleiner's Korner - An Interesting Long Island Map from 1929 & the KKK in Queens
Howard, The mystery structure is the Vanderbilt Mausoleum located in the Monrovian Cemetery in Staten Island. There are approximately 30 persons entombed in the building including Willie K. The Mausoleum and the surrounding grounds are fenced off from the rest of the Cemetery and is not open to the public.
From Mystery Foto #45 Solved: The Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum in Staten Island
I believe this is the Vanderbilt family mausoleum
From Mystery Foto #45 Solved: The Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum in Staten Island
Thanks
Great stuff!
From 1936 Vanderbilt Race: 14-Minute documentation of this historic Long Island race
Mystery photo is the Vanderbilt Mausoleum, New Dorp, Staten Island, NY
From Mystery Foto #45 Solved: The Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum in Staten Island
An account of the incident Robert and Greg noted. One newspaper elected not to mention it while the Record (Great Neck?) ran it as a front page story. Not yet able to track down an on-line edition. And two articles from 1921 and 1931 showing KKK “mainstream” activities on Long Island.
From Update:Kleiner's Korner - An Interesting Long Island Map from 1929 & the KKK in Queens
This is the Vanderbilt mausoleum in the Moravian Cemetery on Staten Island. Residents are Cornelius Vanderbilt I and II and a couple dozen other relatives.
From Mystery Foto #45 Solved: The Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum in Staten Island
James, yes I would treasure them also! Thanks for letting us know they are around somewhere.
From Kleiner's Korner: Tuvulu Honors the 1909 Alco and Other Autos on Stamps
One family member (Elliott F. Shepard) originally entombed in the mausoleum was moved in 1894 once the Shepard family tomb was built. The building of this tomb, and possibly others, might account for the Vanderbilt Mausoleum not containing the original number of family members originally thought to be entombed.
From Mystery Foto #45 Solved: The Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum in Staten Island
The Vanderbilt Mausoleum, Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island. It is the private resting place of the Vanderbilt family built between 1884 and 1886. The bodies of the first family members who were buried in the cemetery were moved there were completed so as to be apart from the graves with “ordinary tombstones” as reported below.
Among 28 family members entombed are Commodore (Cornelius) Vanderbilt and his two wives and William K. Vanderbilt Jr.
Willie K. was the moving force of the Vanderbilt Cup Races.
From Mystery Foto #45 Solved: The Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum in Staten Island
Flawed or not, I have the collection and some proofing sheets from it and totally treasure it.
From Kleiner's Korner: Tuvulu Honors the 1909 Alco and Other Autos on Stamps
Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum, Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, NY.
William Kissam Vanderbilt II.
From Mystery Foto #45 Solved: The Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum in Staten Island
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