Centerport  

 Sundial: 399
State/Province:  New York Country:  USA
Dial Type:  Vertical Dial Condition:  Excellent
  Latitude and Longitude: 40° 54.387' N  73° 22.108' W
Location:
  • Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum
    180 Little Neck Rd
    Centerport, NY 11721

    Within the east gardens of the museum is a vertical dial constructed as a very colorful wall mural
 
Description:
  • The vertical dial is a very colorful wall mural with a nautical theme. The wall faces south west with Roman numerals for hour marks. The gnomon is Neptune's trident supported by a very small three dimensional serpent. Summer and Winter solstices and Equinox are drawn on the dial. Above the dial is a mural of the four winds blowing. There is an ornate painted frame around the gnomon which itself is centered on a golden sun
 
General Information:
  • Owner: Vanderbilt Museum
  • Designer: Possilbly Warren & Wetmore, architects
  • Builder: Painter Unknown
  • Construction Date: circa 1926
 
References:
  • The date of dial construction is unknown, but in 1922 Vanderbilt opened the "Hall of Fishes". In the villa's expansion that theme may have continued to the sundial mural.

Last Revised: 2025-11-14 18:03