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The Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum is on the eastern slope of Todt Hill, adjacent to the Moravian Cemetery located at 2205 Richmond Road. The cemetery opened in 1740 and is the largest and oldest active cemetery on Staten Island.
- Vanderbilt Family
The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained...
- Vanderbilt Family
The Vanderbilt Mausoleum is a replica of a Romanesque church in Arles, France. The Vanderbilt family cemetery's landscaping was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted . The Vanderbilt Mausoleum and portions of the cemetery were designated a New York City designated landmark in 2016.
- United States
- 113 acres (46 ha)
- 1740
The Vanderbilt Mausoleum was designed by Richard Morris Hunt and constructed between 1884 and 1886. it has 125 Interment Spaces, Only 28 Vanderbilt family members are entombed here, and 2 memorialized on crypts.
31 de oct. de 2023 · A monument to America’s Gilded Age, the Vanderbilt Mausoleum was built for America’s wealthiest family of the time and combined two of the country’s greatest designers: Frederick Law Olmsted and Richard Morris Hunt.
An imposing structure of gray Quincy granite, its location within a large family cemetery was especially rare and prestigious at a time when most ultra-wealthy New Yorkers were interred in suburban public cemeteries.
The Vanderbilt Mausoleum, located in the Vanderbilt Cemetery which itself is part of the Moravian Cemetery, is one of the rare surviving works of architect Richard Morris Hunt in New York City. Commissioned by William Henry Vanderbilt (1821-1885), it was built between 1881 and 1889.
