The Yacht House: (across the water, on Wellesley Island)
The family’s three yachts and enormous houseboat were
accommodated, (with tall masts and rigging standing) in slips
128 feet long. The main space rises 64 feet and the high
doors were so heavy that an engine was required to move
them. Quarters for crews and maintenance staff were
adjacent, as was a shop where racing launches were built and
serviced. The Yacht House was the first of these remarkable
buildings to be listed on the National Register of Historic
Places (US).