Vanderbilt Mausoleum at Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, NY

[@eileencoffey6657]

They say you can't take it with you, but they tried. I grew up in the same area. In the 70's and 80's kids would go up and party there at night. The police never did much about it. There was no security and the place was vandalized. You could access it from high rock park behind it as the mausoleum is buried into a hillside. It was placed there because the commodore was from Staten Island. Their Staten Island estate ( a farm actually) was where the New Dorp high school and Miller Field are now located. At the time of construction you could see the lower bay from the mausoleum. At some point in the 80's Gloria Vanderbilt took action to secure the site and have it restored. She had the doors put on and the stained glass removed and the gates fixed. It is a well maintained and popular cemetery, so I am sure it is looked after. Gloria and her family are buried near the mausoleum, but not in it.

[@odessa1799]

Thanks for sharing interesting information with us

[@richardlincourt2519]

“Kings” and pawns go in the same box.

[@odessa1799]

You're right, but celebrities leave behind a trail, pawn not

[@margaretbuckley9309]

WOW WHAT AN AMAZING PLACE THANKS FOR SHARING 🙏👍

[@odessa1799]

Not many people know the last place of the Grand Commander- Vanderbilt mausoleum. Thanks for your comment.

[@pamelarogers0112]

Great video. I live very close to the Biltmore Estate and wondered what the mausoleum was like.

[@odessa1799]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for your comment

[@franklinshouse8719]

The unfortunate thing is that no money was left in a fund to take care of the mausoleum and the grounds in perpetuity. The Commodore certainly could have done that. But I'm sure he thought the wealth in the family would go on and on. The mausoleum needs some repairs from leaks from what I have read. There are many open crypts in the mausoleum, but there are not going to be enough Vanderbilts to fill them.

[@odessa1799]

Absolutely agree with you. Thanks for watching

[@Thomasdgolden]

We used to go up there and drink back in the 80s. Had a lot of fun up there.

[@odessa1799]

Thank you for sharing your childhood memories.

[@NathanHassall]

I love this music...its like im shopping at kmart in my own home!

[@detoxfromthematrix]

Deeply rooted occult family! Thanks for sharing!

[@odessa1799]

Thanks for watching & your comment

[@peterlarsen7779]

Actually, the $100million in 1877, is according to online calculators, "only" $2.491billion (2billion 491million) However, the buying power of that money was FAR greater than the calculated 2020/21 equivalent.

[@odessa1799]

Different sources provide slightly different data. The data given by me is taken from Wikipedia. Thanks for your comment.

[@frankesposito2182]

Hey today is November 17th Great Video !!!

[@odessa1799]

Thanks for watching

[@frankesposito2182]

@@odessa1799 anytime. You live on Staten Island?

[@odessa1799]

@@frankesposito2182 No I live in Bronx

[@shanekasunich9756]

With all that money I think it should be cleaned up a little

[@odessa1799]

Completely agree with you

[@Butter615s]

Shame. It’s starting to look like there is some decay and looks as if nothing is being done to clear away weeds and vegetation

[@odessa1799]

Absolutely agrees with you. It's time for government payback to the legendary person who did a lot for our country.

[@phoenixman8569]

the crypt must have been open up recently to accept the remains of Gloria Vanderbilt P.S. I stand corrected, people tell me she was not buried there....

[@odessa1799]

Thanks for sharing with us very interesting info

[@TheSlowens]

Yes, she was eligible. That is were Gloria, her husband Wyatt, and son Carter are all buried along with numerous other family.

[@lastnamegordon3893]

No. I live down the block. It’s never opened. Xox

[@lisaknell1809]

Gloria was actually buried in the Vanderbilt cemetery adjacent to the mausoleum alongside her last husband Wyatt Cooper. From my research, only those with the last name of Vanderbilt can be buried in the mausoleum.

[@depatterson7357]

Use google maps. It clearly shows Gloria in a different location.

[@IrishAnnie]

I wonder what is in the two round structures behind it.

[@egomez1225]

Wow crazy. Such an amazing man is still somewhere on this earth. crazy.

[@odessa1799]

Great man. These kind of people built America

[@NaYawkr]

Read : " Fortunes Children, The decline of the House of Vanderbilt ", learn of the life of the uneducated illiterate who amassed a fortune squandered by the kind of relatives he earned for himself, and richly deserved. Amazing man, only that greed and avarice were his most redeeming attributes.

[@anitasmith4559]

Thanks for the tip. www.amazon.com/Fortunes-Children-Fall-House-Vanderbilt/dp/0062224069/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?dchild=1&keywords=fortune+children%2C+the+decline+of+the+house+of+vanderbilt&qid=1591677087&s=books&sr=1-1-fkmr1

[@hawaii197]

I use to live in Staten Island I snuck into the grounds threw high rock park

[@odessa1799]

Thanks to share your story with us

[@paulvgggggg]

Music name?

[@Peter-z9t]

"I Will Wait For You," by Michel Legrand, from the film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg"

[@dorissanggau5150]

Woww

[@odessa1799]

Thanks for you comment

[@doug3959]

Narration would've been nice...and a welcome replacement for the organ music.

[@odessa1799]

Thanks for your opinion, however ..convey how organ sounds we should sit in hall.

[@ruthgoebel723]

That is a synthesizer, not a real organ.

[@depatterson7357]

There's always a critic.

[@dianheffernan2435]

Soo, Jennifer Tilly and Meg Tilly?

[@odessa1799]

Actresses that I can remember

[@tunit8946]

Rich people sure thought alot of themselves back then.

[@NaYawkr]

The mausoleum shown here has been covered from its original grandeur with Anti-Vandalism doors and window covers, necessary because the security guards once paid with Vanderbilt's money are long gone and the site left defenseless because the wealth accumulated at the expense of, and by the sweat and toil of, thousands paid peanuts to make the miserly old 'Commodore' a hoarder of money. I'm sure the site is nevertheless in much finer shape than the rotted corpse of the old lover of money.

[@odessa1799]

Thanks for your opinion, however I adhered to another point. He was American business magnate and philanthropist. Vanderbilt provided the initial gift of $1million ($260 M. in today's terms) to found Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee

[@heru-deshet359]

A temple to greed.

[@odessa1799]

Completely disagree w/you. He made a great contribution to railroad system in our country

[@heru-deshet359]

@@odessa1799 Read his biography. He was a very ruthless man who didn't care who he hurt and how many people he put out of work and starve just to get even with his competition. All of them were just like him at the time. All "Captains of Industry and Technology" are the same today.

[@odessa1799]

Before making the video, I once again read the biography of Vanderbilt. You cannot judge people who lived and worked 150 years ago from today's perspective. More importantly, what they did. During the construction of the Panama Canal, 36,000 people died. Now you will judge those who built this engineering miracle. Even today, large construction, unfortunately does not do without sacrifices. I am in this business and I know what I'm talking about.

[@heru-deshet359]

@@odessa1799 So was I, but I had many considerations for people.

[@phillipgraves4721]

People with no money tend to be very bitter