Long Island Gold Coast estates

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Long Island Gold Coast estates are the grand early-20th-century mansions and landscaped grounds along Long Island’s North Shore, historically associated with Gilded Age wealth and opulence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural heritage site category ⓘ
historic estate district ⓘ
associatedWith American industrial wealth ⓘ
Gilded Age elite ⓘ
Jazz Age high society ⓘ
causesOfDecline changing tax structures ⓘ
rising maintenance costs ⓘ
suburban development pressure ⓘ
characterizedBy formal landscaped grounds ⓘ
grand mansions ⓘ
lavish interiors ⓘ
opulent architecture ⓘ
waterfront properties ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of early 20th-century American luxury ⓘ
symbol of social stratification in the Gilded Age ⓘ
declineBegan mid-20th century ⓘ
developedDuring Gilded Age ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
historicalFunction country homes for wealthy New York City families ⓘ
seasonal residences ⓘ
venues for social gatherings and parties ⓘ
inspired setting of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel "The Great Gatsby" ⓘ
landscapeFeatures allees and tree-lined drives ⓘ
formal gardens ⓘ
fountains ⓘ
overlooks of Long Island Sound ⓘ
terraces ⓘ
locatedIn Nassau County, New York ⓘ
Suffolk County, New York ⓘ
locatedOn North Shore of Long Island ⓘ
manyNowUsedAs educational institutions ⓘ
event venues ⓘ
museums ⓘ
public parks ⓘ
notableEstateExamples Coe Hall ⓘ
Hempstead House at Sands Point Preserve ⓘ
linked to: Hempstead House

Oheka Castle ⓘ
Old Westbury Gardens ⓘ
Planting Fields Arboretum ⓘ
Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium (Eagle’s Nest) ⓘ
linked to: Vanderbilt Museum

Welwyn Preserve ⓘ
partlyProtectedBy National Register of Historic Places listings ⓘ
local landmark designations ⓘ
peakConstructionPeriod circa 1890s–1930s ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
typicalArchitecturalStyles Beaux-Arts architecture ⓘ
French chateau-style architecture ⓘ
Georgian Revival architecture ⓘ
Italianate architecture ⓘ
Tudor Revival architecture ⓘ
linked to: Tudor Revival

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Planting Fields Arboretum → partOf → Long Island Gold Coast estates ⓘ
Westbury House → category → Mansions of Long Island ⓘ
linked to: Long Island Gold Coast estates
Hempstead House → category → Mansions of the Gold Coast, Long Island ⓘ
linked to: Long Island Gold Coast estates