Vanderbilt Family Mausoleum New Dorp Staten Island New York 28 Vanderbilts buried here...
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- Join Spa Guy on an exclusive look at the Vanderbilt Family Mausoleum in New Dorp Staten Island New York..
In this episode of Adventures of the Spa Guy episode is a Historical Visit to the Vanderbilt Mausoleum with sort of a history lesson about the Vanderbilt's as well as Richard Hunt and Frederick Olmsted the designers and builders of the Mausoleum and the grounds. I Love History and The Vanderbilt Family so here is my experience. It is said there are 28 Vanderbilts buried here...
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There are just 28 bodies buried inside the Vanderbilt Mausoleum. The last burial was that of the famous horseman Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, in November of 1999. However, there are 30 sealed burial niches with names on them.....one Vanderbilt was lost in the sinking of the Lusitania, and another was lost in a mountaineering accident. Their remains were never recovered, but burial niches are dedicated to them in memoriam.
William Henry Vanderbilt set the rules for burial in the mausoleum. Only his male descendants and their wives qualify. as well as their male children the their wives. Unmarried daughters of those males also qualify. The Commodore (Cornelius) and his wives, and his parents are also among the buried. Gloria Vanderbilt does not qualify because she married (4 times). Her last husband, Wyatt Cooper is buried elsewhere. Her son Carter is buried in the Vanderbilt Cemetery, near the mausoleum, but not inside it. Anderson Cooper does not qualify for the mausoleum.
There are no seats in the nave of the mausoleum. The floor panels are made of Indiana limestone and can be moved to accommodate burials under the floor. The mausoleum contains 72 burial niches, 36 on either side of the nave, all behind bronze gates on each side of the nave.
The glass skylights in the cupolas were sealed off because attempts were made to enter the nave area through them. The glass panels were 6 inches thick. I have never been able to fine any documented reports that any burial niche was violated. But I might be wrong about that. Entry was attempted many time through the front gates, causing damage. A concrete pad was poured over the roof to prevent entry by digging in tr rough the rooftop.
The nearby tomb is the Sloane tomb. Sloane married one of William Henry's daughters.....look it up. When Sloane died, his tomb was not finished. He was temporarily stored inside the Vanderbilt mausoleum and then relocated into the Sloane tomb. Contrary to weird rumors, there is NO tunnel between the Vanderbilt mausoleum and the Sloane tomb.
There are Shepherds buried(through marriage) nearby in the Vanderbilt cemetery, not the mausoleum.
I can't verify any suicides at the mausoleum. The girl who was crushed died when the main entrance archway gate fell from its hinges while she was climbing it. It is a massive piece of wrought metal.....bronze, I believe.
Many people who qualified for burial in the mausoleum opted out. Each story is different. I assume there are many more living today who qualify, but I just cannot do that research. Certainly Alfred Vanderbilt and his son (and their wives)qualify.
More facts are welcome......Peace.
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Thank you so much for this. I'm 30 mins from the Biltmore House. Its actually a Mansion. Breath taking. I encourage anyone who comes to N.C to visit the Biltmore House in Asheville.
Lori and I have year passed to the Biltmore.. We stop there on our way to visit family in North Carolina..
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Thank you Spa Guy, Yes!! You visited New York our Home State.
My husband and I lived in New York for more than a half century, have been in the Cemetery many times.
Ironically, my Husband’s Parens are buried there, knew about the massive Mausoleum.
However, we never visited This beautiful historical monument and
thanks to you we are seeing it now.
We also are interested in history and appreciate your educational informative videos.
Spa Guy, we can see that nothing stops your research and enjoyment as you share with us viewers.
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In 1967, a 24-year-old Staten Island woman was crushed to death by a 15-foot-tall ironwork gate at the entrance to Cornelius Vanderbilt's tomb. Soon after the freak accident, access to the Vanderbilt mausoleum was revoked for all but the family's descendants.
What a pleasant surprise to learn you visited my neck of the woods! I live walking distance from Moravian and my dad is buried there. It is a beautiful resting place. Thanks for sharing your expedition. Keep up the good work!
It's such a shame that the decorative doors had to be replaced with solid steel doors. Why can't people be respectful, especially at a burial ground.
Another great episode. Thanks Billy. If anyone has not been to Asheville and seen the Biltmore, you don't know what you are missing. I went there @ Christmas. Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful.
It is amazing!! Lori and I have had year passes many times..
Very interesting thanks billy
Loved this!
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Love History and Biltmore Mansion, Never knew about this, thank you again for another History lesson and what you put yourself through to bring these videos to us.
Absolutely loved this! More like it please.😊
Great interesting vlog. Out of shape a bit Mr. Spa Guy, lol ?! Don't overdo it please. I love history as well.
Have a blessed day and week.
I ran uphill in the snow in church shoes!! Anyone would be out of breath!!
New Dorp, interesting, Dorp means Village in Dutch.
If you could get an interview with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, that would top the cake !
Wow the Vanderbilts went all out in life and in death. Beautiful place.
My family/friends are interred there, and I have been in this cemetery a lot over the years.
As kids, we never hung out in cemeteries, but there were kids from New Dorp that would hang out at the Vanderbilt Mausoleum and drink beer. Shockingly enough, they would spray paint graffiti and break bottles.
His birth home was around the corner from me growing up. Today, the area is a hell hole-ish crime zone.
Anyway, I am not sure if he is still in that tomb. I think so, but I can't confirm that he is.
Though I saw the entrance to the Vanderbilt section of the cemetery, I never entered because of fear of trespassing. I have, however, seen the mausoleum close up by exploring High Rock Park behind it. From a certain spot there, you can walk up to the tomb a short dustance away, which you see from a broken fence line. Too bad Spa Guy took the long way up the hill from inside Moravian.
But I would like to say photos I took from the fence show the graffiti on this beautiful structure and I wanted to send them to Anderson Cooper to let him know the condition of his Grand Father's tomb which upset me and led me to study his life.
Can anyone say if the Commodore and other family members are, in fact, still interred there?
I would doubt they were moved.. I was told there are 30 graves but only 28 bodies as there were two whose bodies were never recovered from what killed them..
I, too, think the Commodore is still there, but the fact people did and still hang out inside the tomb area makes me question if his remains were moved due to safety concerns.
But I am almost sure they were not moved, but I can't find confirmation of this, and it is a bit shocking at the condition of the final resting place of such a historic, important man.
Also. His great grandson is in charge of the grave property at Moravian, and I wonder if he has the area cleaned and the graffiti removed when it appears. When I last saw it, it was unkempt and overgrown with graffiti. I compared my photos of early photos of the site, and it was a beautiful place indeed.
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I really enjoy you’re traveling spot’s you take us too! It’s so messed up on how people have to write graffiti on property that’s not there’s such a shame 🤦🏻♀️ have a happy 4th of July Spa Guy! 🇺🇸
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Very interesting! Just like the Colonel, the Commodore has Dutch roots. The family name is derived from 'De Bilt', a place in The Netherlands where the ancestors came from.
Was wondering why there was such a large area between the little trim wall and the main place....did they expect a large turn out or did they use that area to have gatherings out front?
I been wanting to get to the Biltmore...I enjoy The Grove park Inn up the valley from the Biltmore 😊👍🏻 TCSGB
Spa Guy great video is Gloria Vanderbilt the mother of Anderson Cooper related to those Vanderbilts
Yes She is but I don't the she was qualified to be entombed there.. They had rules for who could be put there..
Gloria is buried alongside her husband Wyatt Cooper about 50 yards from this masoleum.
Before they had to pay tax’s they had so much money.
Seems like I read not many family members are in the mausoleum. Sad that they have to close it off as well as cover the dome windows to keep people out. I suspect there is little $$$ left to maintain it and the family over the years squandered the fortune.
Yes I think it is less than 20 family members in there from my memory..The number 17 I think it is..
28 buried there and a small cemetery there for those who aren't allow burial inside mausoleum.
Gloria and her other son who died is buried there with other family members
Are you going by the Biltmore House it's not really a Nashville Fletcher Arden someone round and round I got one up there too that's why I thought you thought about it
What the hell are you talking about did you read your comment?????