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    Introduction
    The First Mansion
    The Second Mansion
    Entrance Hall
    Dining Room
    Living Hall
    Library
    Queen Anne Salon
    Corridor
    Smoking Room
    Cloisters
    Palm Garden
    Tennis Court & Cloister Wing
    Staircase
    The Second Floor
    The Third Floor
    Basement
    Post Vanderbilt Years
    Dowling College

    The Estate and Environs

The Mansion
Tennis Court & Cloister Wing

In 1903, the architectural firm of Warren and Whetmore was employed to design an indoor tennis court and bachelor's quarters for additional guests, connected to the opposite end of the palm court. Twelve additional master bedrooms were in the cloister wing, where visiting bachelors were quartered. The indoor tennis court was a rarity, featuring a clay court, vaulted glass ceiling, cooling fountains carved in stone, and ivy climbing its walls.

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