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Beacon Towers
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Beacon Towers was a Gilded Age mansion on Sands Point in the village of Sands Point on the North Shore of Long Island, New York. It was built from 1917 to 1918 for Alva Belmont, the ex-wife of William
Front facade of Beacon Towers in 1922
Front facade of Beacon Towers in 1922
View from northeast, as seen from the beach, in 1920
View from northeast, as seen from the beach, in 1920
The Beacon Towers estate in 1922, showing the western elevation of the mansion. View from the Sands Point Light to Prospect Point in the background
The Beacon Towers estate in 1922, showing the western elevation of the mansion. View from the Sands Point Light to Prospect Point in the background
The primary facade in 1931, following renovations by William Randolph Hearst
The primary facade in 1931, following renovations by William Randolph Hearst
The Great Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby is a 1925 tragedy novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interac
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…scattered structural remains and the original gatehouse survived. Literary scholars believe the mansion helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby, which describes the house of Jay Gatsby as A factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin…
The front dust jacket art of the first edition, known as Celestial Eyes
The front dust jacket art of the first edition, known as Celestial Eyes
George Wilson and his wife Myrtle live in the "valley of ashes", a refuse dump (shown in the above photograph) historically located in New York City d
George Wilson and his wife Myrtle live in the "valley of ashes", a refuse dump (shown in the above photograph) historically located in New York City during the 1920s. Today, the area is Flushing Meadows–Corona Park.
The confrontation between Gatsby and Tom occurs in the twenty-story Plaza Hotel, a château-like edifice with an architectural style inspired by the Fr
The confrontation between Gatsby and Tom occurs in the twenty-story Plaza Hotel, a château-like edifice with an architectural style inspired by the French Renaissance.
Edith Cummings, a premier amateur golfer, inspired the character of Jordan Baker. A friend of Ginevra King, she was one of Chicago's famous debutantes
Edith Cummings, a premier amateur golfer, inspired the character of Jordan Baker. A friend of Ginevra King, she was one of Chicago's famous debutantes in the Jazz Age.