Vanderbilt Cup Races

There are few Long Island buildings and structures that were built from 1904 to 1910 and remain standing. These nine buildings, structures and remnants on the Vanderbilt Cup Race courses have survived over 100 years:

1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course

St. Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church, Broadway, Hicksville

Then: 1904- #18 Mercedes driven by William Luttgen at the Hicksville Control. St. Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church can be seen in the background

Now: 2003

1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course

Fence around William K. Vanderbilt Jr.s Deepdale Estate, Lakeville Road, Lake Success

Then: 1905-the #19 White Steamer. Note the missing front left tire

Now: 2003

First Presbyterian Church, corner of Lakeville Road and Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park

Then: 1905 Course description

Then: 1905- the "X" Mercedes rounding the New Hyde Park Turn photographed from the church's steeple

Now: 2004

Long Island Rail Road Tracks, Jericho Turnpike, Mineola

Then: 1905- #20 Fiat driven by Paul Sartori in front of a parked LIRR train

Now: 2010

1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course

House and Hairpin Turn, Old Westbury Road and Wheatley Road, Old Westbury

Then- 1906 #8 Fiat driven by FelIce Nazzaro

Now: 2006, House at 1 Wheatley Road and the Hairpin Turn...Demolished in 2017

House at the corner of Mineola Avenue and Old Northern Boulevard, Roslyn Heights

Then: 1906

Now: 2004

1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course

Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge at Jerusalem Road (now Stewart Avenue), Bethpage

Then: 1908

Now: 2003- Bridge embankment, Stewart Avenue and Arthur Avenue, Bethpage

Now: 2003- On top of Bridge embankment, Stewart Avenue and Arthur Avenue, Bethpage. Note: Motor Parkway pavement.

Deadman's Curve, Bethpage

Then: 1908-#M36 Rainier driven by Axel Peterson during the Meadow Brook Sweepstakes

Now: 2007

Church at the Woodbury Turn, Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury

Then: 1908

Now: 2003

Links to related posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com:

Archives: Vanderbilt Cup Races

The Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses (1904-1910)

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