Designed by architect
Grosvenor Atterbury and completed in 1916 for
Edith Shepard (a daughter of
Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt and
Elliott Fitch Shepard) and her husband
Ernesto Giuseppi Fabbri Jr. (brother of
Alessandro Fabbri), the house was constructed around Shepard and Fabbri's architectural piece collection. The highlight of the house is its library, which showcases historic panels from the
Palazzo Ducale di Urbino in Italy. The library also includes an
Aeolian Opus 1398 organ from 1916. The home was deeded to the
Episcopal Church in 1949, and it now serves as a retreat house under the name of "The House of the Redeemer". The mansion became a New York City Designated Landmark on July 23, 1974. ==See also==