[2] The Westervelt-Warner Museum of American Art was the result of 40 years of collecting American art by Jack Warner, CEO of Gulf States Paper, later the Westervelt Company.

[1] He founded the museum in 2003 after exhibiting portions of the collection in the headquarters building of the Westervelt Company.

[4] Artists represented included John Singer Sargent and Childe Hassam as well as several artists of importance to American art, including Albert Bierstadt, Rembrandt Peale, Edward Hicks, Thomas Moran, Edward Hopper, Robert Henri, Edward Potthast, and Charles Bird King.

[2] Warner collected several works about George Washington, his personal hero, including John Faed's Portrait of George Washington Taking the Salute at Trenton.

Some of the art was to reside in the company's headquarters, while the rest was prepared for sale.