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Despite the wealth and grandeur, both Gey and Margretta Vebs faced personal losses, with Margretta passing away in 1957 and Gey a year later. Unlike many of their contemporaries whose fortunes waned, the Vebs legacy endured. Their family preserved Westbury House and its extensive gardens, transforming it into a public museum in 1959—an extraordinary feat that rescued an era of American architectural and landscape splendor from decay.