'Beacon Towers'

'Beacon Towers', originally built for Mrs. O.H.P. Belmont by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point and later owned by William Randolph Hearst.  Click HERE for all previous posts on 'Beacon Towers'.

'Blemton Manor'

'Blemton Manor', the August Belmont II estate built c. 1865 in Hempstead and pictured here after it had been converted into the local Elks Club.  Click HERE for more on 'Blemton Manor'.

'Beacon Towers'

'Beacon Towers', originally the Mrs. O.H.P. Belmont estate designed by Richard Howland Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point and pictured here in 1931 under subsequent owner William Randolph Hearst.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Beacon Towers'.  Photo from the Museum of the City of New York.

'Beacon Towers'

'Beacon Towers', the Alva Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point and pictured here under the subsequent Hearst ownership.  Click HERE for all previous posts on 'Beacon Towers'.

'Brookholt'

'Brookholt', the O.H.P. Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1897 in Hempstead.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Brookholt' which has since been demolished.

'Blemton Manor'

'Blemton Manor', the August Belmont II estate built c. 1865 in Hempstead.  Click HERE for more on 'Blemton Manor' which has since been demolished.

'Beacon Towers'

'Beacon Towers', the Alva Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point.  Click HERE for all previous posts on 'Beacon Towers'.

'Beacon Towers'

 'Beacon Towers', the Alva Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point.  Click HERE for all the previous posts on 'Beacon Towers'.  Photos courtesy of SPLIA.

'Beacon Towers'

'Beacon Towers', the Alva Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point.  Click HERE for all the previous posts on 'Beacon Towers'.  Photo from the Fairchild Aerial Survey.

'Beacon Towers' Aerial

An aerial of 'Beacon Towers', the Alva Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point.  Click HERE for more on 'Beacon Towers' (be sure to scroll past today's post).  Photo from The Vanderbilt Cup Races.

'Beacon Towers' Aerial

An aerial of 'Beacon Towers', the Alva Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point.  Click HERE for more on 'Beacon Towers'.  Photo from The Vanderbilt Cup Races.

'Beacon Towers' Aerial

An aerial of 'Beacon Towers', the Alva Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Beacon Towers'.  Photo from The Vanderbilt Cup Races.

'Brookholt' Advertisement

A 1920 advertisement for 'Brookholt', the O.H.P. Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1897 in Hempstead.  Belmont died in 1908 and his widow Alva built 'Beacon Towers' in Sands Point in 1917.  Click HERE for more on 'Brookholt'.  Advertisement from Country Life, 1920.

'Beacon Towers' - Now with Floor Plans

'Beacon Towers', the Mrs. O.H.P. Belmont (Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont) estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point. The estate was later owned by William Randolph Hearst. Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Beacon Towers'.

The first floor.

The second floor.

The basement. Exterior from Architectural Record, 1920. Drawing and Floor Plans from the Library of Congress. I want to thank Brian von R. for bringing the plans to my attention.

'Blemton Manor'

'Blemton Manor', the August Belmont II estate built c. 1865 in Hempstead. Belmont was a partner in Belmont and Company and chairman of the board of the Interborough Rapid Transit Co. and the Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company. He was also the president of the Boston, Cape Cod, and New York Canal Co. August was the older brother of O.H.P. Belmont who resided at 'Brookholt'. The house has since been demolished but sat on Fulton Avenue where the Country Estates Apartments are today.

'Brookholt'

An old postcard of 'Brookholt', the O.H.P. Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1897 in Hempstead. Click HERE for more on 'Brookholt'.

'Beacon Towers' Entrance

The front entrance to 'Beacon Towers', the Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point. The home was later owned by William Randolph Hearst. Click HERE for more on 'Beacon Towers'. Postcard from the Carolyn Mawbey Collection.

'Beacon Towers'

'Beacon Towers', the Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point. One of Alva's numerous estates, the residence was later sold to William Randolph Hearst and eventually demolished in the 1940s. Click HERE for more on 'Beacon Towers'. Click HERE to see where 'Beacon Towers' stood on google earth.

Pictures from Architectural Record, 1920.

'Brookholt'

'Brookholt', the Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont and Alva Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Richard Howland Hunt of Hunt & Hunt c. 1897 in Hempstead. Following Alva's divorce from Willie K., she married O.H.P. Belmont and the two commissioned Hunt to design yet another house for them (they had a handful of Richard Morris and Richard Howland Hunt designed houses). Belmont was the son of August Belmont, the American agent to the Rothschilds banking empire. 'Brookholt' was demolished sometime in the 1950s.

Pictures from Architectural Record, 1902.

'Beacon Towers' Aerial

'Beacon Towers', the Mrs. Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont estate in Sands Point, built c. 1917 by Richard Howland Hunt. Click HERE for more on 'Beacon Towers'.