William k vanderbilt house long island

Completed , for William Henry Vanderbilt () as one of two hulking, conjoined palazzos that between them made three separate homes for his family and are therefore collectively known as the "Vanderbilt Triple Palace".

Number , seen on the left, was Billy's half (containing rooms) and two-thirds of the overall budget was lavished here. The immense buffed brownstones were the first of many such giants put up by the Vanderbilt family - for which their name soon became synonymous.

For years, Fifth were symbols of the family's wealth and prestige, and perhaps symbolically, in they were demolished by an Astor 

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