Phipps, Jay (John Shaffer "Jay" Phipps), 1874-1958
Dates
- Existence: Birth - Death
Biography
Known as "Jay" Phipps, the son of Henry Phipps Jr. and heir to the Phipps Family fortune. Phipps was a lawyer and businessman, served as a shareholder in Grace Shipping Lines, and was the director of the Hanover Bank, U.S. Steel Corp. and W. R. Grace & Co. Phipps subdivided what is now known as the El Cid Historic District in West Palm Beach, Florida, and was owner of the estate Casa Bendita, designed by Addison Mizner, in Palm Beach, Florida.
Occupations
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
434 North County Road - Casa Bendita
The Property File Collection houses over 3,000 property files that document vital information about the built environment of Palm Beach. The collection is arranged by address and contains brochures, photographs, newspaper articles, historic designaton reports, and other relevant property information. All files can be scanned upon request, although a majority are already digitized.