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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1903/00/00 George A Crawley Architect Construction begins on the Phipps' estate. Fulfilling John Shaffer Phipps' promised his British fiancee, Margarita, that he will build her a home in the United States just like the family estate in Battle Abbey.
1906/00/00 John Shaffer Phipps Home Westbury House is completed for John Shaffer Phipps his wife Margarita and their children.
1907/00/00 Winston Churchill Godfather John Singer Sargent paints "Mrs Henry Phipps and Her Grandson Winston Guest". The portrait hangs in the dining room at Old Westbury Gardens. Winston Churchill was the child's godfather.
1907/00/00 John Singer Sargent Painter John Singer Sargent paints "Mrs Henry Phipps and Her Grandson Winston Guest". The portrait hangs in the dining room at Old Westbury Gardens. Winston Churchill was the child's godfather.

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Particulars for Old Westbury Gardens:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style English Manor Revival
Physiographic feature Forest
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 8th November 1976

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Old Westbury Gardens
Registry Address: 71 Old Westbury Rd.
Registry Number: 76001234
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Crawley,George A.
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: English manorial
Area in Acres: 100
Contributing Buildings: 1
Contributing Sites: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Landscape architecture, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1906
Historic Function: Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Forest
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Museum Park

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
North By Northwest (film) Film Alfred Hitchcock Cary Grant Thornhill is taken to Vandamm's estate on Long Island. Scenes were filmed at Old Westbury Gardens on Long Island.

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