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 Kissam Vanderbilt and the widow, since 1908, of Oliver Belmont.
Front facade of Beacon Towers in 1922
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 primary facade in 1931, following renovations by William Randolph Hearst
Sands Point is a village located at the tip of the Cow Neck Peninsula in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Port Washington area, which is anchored by Port Washington. The population was 2,675 at the 2010 census.
Sands Point Village Hall on June 2, 2021.
A Sands Point Police Department vehicle at Sands Point Village Hall in August 2022.
The Village Club of Sands Point in August 2022.