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Old Westbury Gardens: Days of Grace on Long Island

by Clive Aslet

A preserved Long Island estate shaped by English influence

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A preserved Long Island estate shaped by English influence

Old Westbury Gardens brings together the history of a 1906 house and the landscape and interiors created around it. Jay Phipps commissioned the home for Dita Grace, whose Sussex background informed his promise to recreate a world of gardens, elegance, and dogs. Architect George Crawley designed the house, while British antiques and craftsmanship furnished it and Dita guided the planting of its gardens. The book also traces how the estate passed into public trust in 1959, preserving an example of Long Island’s early twentieth-century mansion culture through its architecture, horticulture, and decorative arts.

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  • For readers interested in historic houses and estate architecture.
  • For gardening and horticulture enthusiasts.
  • For readers drawn to decorative arts and Long Island history.

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Historic preservationGardens and horticultureArchitecture and interiorsFamily legacyLong Island history

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Book overview

Celebrating the house that Jay Phipps built in 1906 for his English love, Dita Grace, Old Westbury Gardens is Long Island's uniquely preserved showcase of architecture, horticulture, and the decorative arts.

Old Westbury Gardens: Days of Grace on Long Island honors the life and legacy of the house that Jay Phipps built to woo his English love, Dita Grace. In his efforts to secure her hand in marriage, he promised to recreate the world of elegance, gardens, and dogs that she had known in Sussex. She said "Yes"--and the rest is Westbury.

Designed in 1906 by English connoisseur and family friend George Crawley, the house was furnished with British antiques and craftsmanship, with gardens planted under Dita's discerning eye. Of the hundreds of mansions built on Long Island around the turn of the twentieth century, Old Westbury Gardens is now unique--the only one preserved in its original condition.

In 1959, Peggie Phipps Boegner generously placed Old Westbury Gardens in trust, in memory of her mother, Dita, so that the public could enjoy the place where she herself had been so happy. Maintained to the highest standards of authenticity, it is now a showcase of architecture, horticulture, and the decorative arts.
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