mrshenryphipps

Henry Phipps and Mrs. Henry Phipps (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Phipps She is the former Anne Childs Shaffer. He was a friend and colleague of Andrew Carnegie, making his money in steel in Pittsburgh. Like Carnegie he became a philanthropist; with a particular interest in supporting hospitals and providing housing for the poor.

• swanq said:

  Could this be outside their house, "one of the most expensive houses in New York on Fifth Avenue in 1905, a low, broad Renaissance design of marble with a wide garden and driveway." The house is described as "long gone" in query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E5D7163BF930A... Here is some information about the house, including a picture of 1063 Fifth Avenue before it was demolished in 1930. I see no sign of the staircase seen in this picture.