Westbury Mega Mansion! 👀 • Great Gatsby Style! Old Westbury, NY • 9/14/2023

All you fans of historic, beautiful, mega homes are in for a real treat! This is my best walking tour yet, in regards to seeing amazing houses. It goes above and beyond with the addition of the incredible estate property that it’s part of too. The majestic Old Westbury Gardens out in Long Island, NY is really something to behold. Wow. I always knew there were really big homes out there to see, but this was extra special because you can actually go inside, plus walk freely on the property, since it’s now a museum. It’s very much a Great Gatsby and Eyes Wide Shut type of scenario. Just an incredible place. The house alone is amazing and full of beautiful antiques from the Phipps Family, but then you also get to explore the property which is equally amazing. Ponds, gardens, fountains, sprawling lawns, cottages, statues, etc. It was beyond what I expected. I was there over two hours and at one point, just sat on a bench and relaxed. A very serene atmosphere, coupled with a perfect sunny day. It was great to experience one of the few remaining intact country house and gardens from Long Island's estate era.

Old Westbury Gardens is the former estate of businessman John Shaffer Phipps (1874–1958), an heir to the Phipps family fortune, in Nassau County, New York. Located at 71 Old Westbury Road in Old Westbury, the property was converted into a museum home in 1959. It is open for tours from April through October. Work on the estate began in 1903, when John Shaffer Phipps promised his fiancée, Margarita Grace (a daughter of businessman Michael P. Grace), that he would build her a home in the United States that resembled her family's British residence at Battle Abbey in Battle, East Sussex, England. The house was ready in 1906 for Phipps, his wife and their young children. Westbury House, the Carolean Revival (Charles II style) mansion designed by British designer George A. Crawley with assistance from American architect Grosvenor Atterbury, contains 23 rooms. The grounds cover 160 acres.

FEATURES:
0:00 Main Gate
0:30 Westbury House
8:40 West Porch Beech
9:10 West Pond
10:32 Thatched Cottage
13:55 Primrose Path
14:16 Rose Garden
17:12 South Allee
18:29 South Allee Gates
19:00 Backyard
20:54 South Terrace
22:51 Swimming Pool
24:30 Woodland Walk
26:02 Temple of Love
26:44 East Lake Trail
27:05 Demonstration Gardens
28:00 Pinetum
29:17 Walled Garden
35:34 Lilac Walk
36:13 Dog Graveyard
37:40 Atlas
38:10 Boxwood Garden
40:58 South Terrace
42:24 Front Lawn