At old westbury gardens, the mansion is just as the family left it

Our Daytrip began at Westbury House, the 23-room Charles II-style mansion, built in 1906 on 160 acres, by  John Shaffer Phipps (1874–1958), heir to a U.S. Steel fortune, for his British wife, Margarita. 

The glassed-in porch was everyones favorite room.

Mr. Phipps' study was elegantly masculine.

This, and all the rooms have such a comfortable size and ambiance that we felt immediately at home.

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This window on the second floor landing, like all the windows was thoughtfully placed to take maximum advantage of views created by placing the house on top of several feet of fill.

The stunning dining room was take whole from the family house in Manhattan.
The painting on the left is a John Singer Sargent commission.  
The house is filled with exquisite paintings.

Even the private parts of the house are just as Mr. and Mrs. Phipps left them at the end of the 1950's.