George A. Schastey

George A. Schastey (1839–1894) was an American Gilded Age cabinet maker and decorator.

Schastey was born in Merseburg, Germany (then Prussia), and immigrated to New York with his family in 1849.

[1] After the War he worked for a number of cabinetmakers, including the Herter Brothers.

He created lavish interiors for the wealthy in New York as well and in San Francisco on Nob Hill.

His clients included the "Big Four" railroad magnates, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, Jr., Charles Crocker, and Henry E. Huntington.

Facade of the George Schastey & Co. showroom, 1681–1683 Broadway , near West Fifty-Third Street (ca 1885) (actual location of the Broadway Theatre )