Even though the estate is located in Old Westbury, about 10 miles from Port Washington or Great Neck, the house provides a fabulous example of the jaw-dropping Gold Coast decadence that Fitzgerald wrote about.

BBC: The Great Gatsby??s Gold Coast

Specifying the design of a wine cooler for his claret and port, the founding father said the bottles had to sit upright rather than at angles, the neck of the decanters needed to rise above the cooler rim and there had to be room at the bottom of the bowl so the bottles would sit above the ice.

WSJ: Christie's to Auction Wine Cooler From George Washington