'Idle Hour'

'Idle Hour', the William K. Vanderbilt estate designed by Richard Howland Hunt of Hunt & Hunt c. 1899 in Oakdale. Click HERE, HERE and HERE for more on 'Idle Hour'. Click HERE to see 'Idle Hour' on google earth and HERE on bing.

'Idle Hour'

'Idle Hour', the William K. Vanderbilt estate designed by Richard Howland Hunt of Hunt & Hunt c. 1899 in Oakdale. Click HERE for more on 'Idle Hour' and HERE to see the brochure from when 'Idle Hour' was for sale.

'Idle Hour' Interiors Part 2

Part 2 of the interiors to 'Idle Hour', the William K. Vanderbilt estate designed by Richard Howland Hunt c. 1899 in Oakdale. Click HERE for more on 'Idle Hour'.

Pictures from Architectural Record, 1903.

'Idle Hour' Interiors Part 1

The first set of interiors from 'Idle Hour', the William K. Vanderbilt estate designed by Richard Howland Hunt c. 1899 in Oakdale. Click HERE for more on 'Idle Hour'.

Pictures from Architectural Record, 1903.

'Idle Hour'

'Idle Hour', the William Kissam Vanderbilt estate designed by Richard Howland Hunt (of Hunt & Hunt) c. 1899 in Oakdale (with an addition by Warren & Wetmore c. 1902). Vanderbilt first built his estate in Oakdale in 1878 as a hunting retreat but the house burned down in 1899 (the first was designed by Richard Morris Hunt). On the second go round the house was made to be 'fire proof', hence the thickness of the current version. Today the house is part of Dowling College. Click HERE for more on 'Idle Hour' and HERE to see the brochure from when 'Idle Hour' was for sale. Click HERE to see 'Idle Hour' on google earth.

Pictures from Architectural Record, 1903.

When 'Idle Hour' Was For Sale

A brochure advertising 'Idle Hour', the William K. Vanderbilt estate designed by Richard Howland Hunt c. 1899 in Oakdale. The house was eventually purchased by Dowling College. Click HERE for more on 'Idle Hour'.

Brochure courtesy of SPLIA.

'Idle Hour'

'Idle Hour' was built for William Kissam Vanderbilt c. 1899 by Richard Howland Hunt in Oakdale. The first 'Idle Hour' was built c. 1878 but burned down and was replaced by the above house. Vanderbilt purchased 900 acres along the Great South Bay to use as a country retreat and hunting and sporting grounds. Today the house is owned by Dowling College, whose website offers a virtual tour of both the grounds and the mansion (contains more images and information). Click HERE to see 'Idle Hour' on google earth.

Part of the farm group.

One of the gate houses.