Old Westbury Gardens

Old Westbury Gardens is a former private country house in Old Westbury in Nassau County on the peninsula of Long Iceland, New York, USA. The property is passed in the U.S., the National Register of Historic Places, is now a museum with display gardens and is simultaneously used for cultural events of all kinds or private celebrations, such as weddings. Since 1958, the villa has been increasingly used as a backdrop for Hollywood films. Public tours were one year later, in 1959, also possible.

History

Was occupied by the 23 -room country estate once by the builder John S. Phipps ( 1874-1958 ), his wife, Margarita Grace Phipps and their four children. Phipps promised his wife to the start of construction in 1903, that he would build her a mansion that resembled his possession, into their native England Battle Abbey. Completed after three years of construction in 1906 by the English designer George A. Crawley in style Charles the Second, the villa offered the visitors already at that time, spacious gardens, covering an area of ​​around 200 acres of land, a vast lawn area, woods, ponds and lakes. Equipped is the Westbury estate with fine English antiques and crafts, which was the property of the Phipps family more than fifty years.

Current

Today the manor welcomes visitors of all ages for tours of Westbury House & Gardens. Offers guided tours through the museum here in manor and by the geometrically arranged gardens outside. School visits, family and children's programs, events, exhibitions, vintage car shows, classical concerts in the indoor and outdoor, summer concerts, lectures, book signings, horticultural demonstrations, workshops, botanical art and gardening exhibitions as well as around the topic of gardening, art, history, design and architecture are held here.

Old Westbury Gardens is considered one of the best preserved residences of the United States, with a highest level of quality, which has been made possible for this American villa of the early 20th century only by the faithful preservation of the countryside and gardens, architecture and art collections.

Visiting hours

Old Westbury Gardens is open to the public. On the spacious grounds of the estate there is a souvenir and gift shop, a vegetable shop and a café.

Hollywood Movies

By Alfred Hitchcock's classic " North by Northwest " from 1959 with Cary Grant, Old Westbury Gardens an audience of millions was known. At the same time took Hollywood by this country residence as exclusive location note. In the following Hollywood movies, Old Westbury Gardens is seen as a backdrop:

  • North by Northwest 1959 Cary Grant, James Mason
  • Love Story 1970 starring Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw
  • Wolf - The animal in man in 1994 with Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer
  • To Wong Foo, thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar 1995 Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes
  • Cruel Intentions 1999 Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe
  • 8mm 1999 with Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix
  • Hitch - The Date Doctor in 2005 starring Will Smith, Kevin James
  • American Gangster 2007 with Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe
  • Bernard and Doris 2007, Susan Sarandon, Ralph Fiennes
  • Royal Pains 2008 TV series
  • Gossip Girl 2008 TV series with Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Ed Westwick.
  • Arthur 2011 with Russell Brand and Jennifer Garner
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