George A. Crawley
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George Abraham Crawley a British artist, designer and purveyor of English taste, is most famously known for the design of John Shaffer Phipps
' (the heir to a U.S. Steel Magnate fortune) home, Westbury House (1904 to 1910)(additions constructed in 1915-1916), at Old Westbury Gardens
, in Long Island, New York.
John Phipps, while complaining to Crawley about how he had not been satisfied with the architects whom he had hired to design his Manhattan townhouse, Crawley started to describe how the design of a country house should be approached, and what style should be incorpotrated into the interiors, exteriors and gardens of a great estate.
Since Crawley was not trained as an architect, the Phipps family contracted Grosvenor Atterbury
to work alongside Crawley in the implementation of the floorplans and technical apects and construction of the house. With the help of the handsome Jay Phipps, John's son, the contentious relationship between Crawley and Atterbury was brought to an amicable arrangement.
John Shaffer Phipps
John Shaffer Phipps was an American lawyer and businessman who was an heir to the Phipps family fortune and a shareholder of his father-in-law's Grace Shipping Lines. He was a director of the Hanover Bank, U.S. Steel Corp. and W. R...
' (the heir to a U.S. Steel Magnate fortune) home, Westbury House (1904 to 1910)(additions constructed in 1915-1916), at Old Westbury Gardens
Old Westbury Gardens
Old Westbury Gardens is the former estate of John Shaffer Phipps , heir to a U.S. Steel fortune, in Nassau County, New York. It has been open to the public for tours since 1959....
, in Long Island, New York.
John Phipps, while complaining to Crawley about how he had not been satisfied with the architects whom he had hired to design his Manhattan townhouse, Crawley started to describe how the design of a country house should be approached, and what style should be incorpotrated into the interiors, exteriors and gardens of a great estate.
Since Crawley was not trained as an architect, the Phipps family contracted Grosvenor Atterbury
Grosvenor Atterbury
Grosvenor Atterbury was an American architect, urban planner and writer. He studied at Yale University and then travelled in Europe. He studied architecture at Columbia University and worked in the offices of McKim, Mead & White. Much of Atterbury’s early work consisted of weekend houses for...
to work alongside Crawley in the implementation of the floorplans and technical apects and construction of the house. With the help of the handsome Jay Phipps, John's son, the contentious relationship between Crawley and Atterbury was brought to an amicable arrangement.