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The du Ponts Houses and Gardens in the Brandywine Maggie ~ French immigrants who arrived in America January 1 1800 the du Ponts became a dynasty of publicityshy entrepreneurs engineers horticulturists and collectors They built neighboring houses gardens and farms that spanned miles of rolling hills in the Brandywine Valley and earned the region the sobriquet Chateau Country
The Du Ponts Houses and Gardens in the Brandywine by ~ French immigrants who arrived in America January 1 1800 the du Ponts became a dynasty of publicityshy entrepreneurs engineers horticulturists and collectors They built neighboring houses gardens and farms that spanned miles of rolling hills in the Brandywine Valley and earned the reg No American family dominated a single state longer than the du Ponts of Delaware
The Du Ponts Houses and Gardens in the Brandywine ~ GIBRALTAR was the family home of H Rodney Sharp his wife Isabella du Pont and their four children Sharp’s influence on du Pont houses and historic preservation in Delaware was enormous He was singularly responsible for what would later become a distinctive Brandywine style highly textured rooted to the past
The Du Ponts Houses and Gardens in the Brandywine 1900 ~ The du Ponts Houses and Gardens in the Brandywine 19001951 features 25 du Pont family houses and farms including the celebrated Winterthur Longwood and Nemours estates There are unexpected surprises Bellevue a replica of James Madisons Montpelier Eleutherian Mills the 19thcentury partnership house overlooking the Brandywine Creek resurrected in the 1920s as a colonial mansion with a garden that was considered one of most successful romantic conceits of the 20th century and
The du Ponts Houses and Gardens in the Brandywine by ~ The du Ponts Houses and Gardens in the Brandywine No American family dominated a single state longer than the du Ponts of Delaware French immigrants who arrived in America January 1 1800
The du Ponts Houses and Gardens in the Brandywine by ~ The du Ponts Houses and Gardens in the Brandywine No American family dominated a single state longer than the du Ponts of Delaware French immigrants who arrived in America January 1 1800
Nemours Mansion Gardens Wilmington DE The Brandywine ~ Nemours the former 300 acre estate of Alfred I du Pont is named after the du Pont ancestral home in north central France The Mansion is an excellent example of modified Louis XVI French château It was designed by Carrere and Hastings of New York City and was built between 1909 and 1910 by Smyth and Son of Wilmington Delaware
THE DU PONTS HOUSES AND GARDENS IN THE BRANDYWINE News ~ No American family dominated a single state longer than the du Ponts of Delaware They built neighboring houses gardens and farms that spanned miles of rolling hills in Delaware’s Brandywine Valley
Discover history and explore the Du Pont Mansions in Delaware ~ Experience royalty and explore the elegant Du Pont mansions and gardens in Delaware Visit the three mustsee museums each with its own personality and charm Nemours for its elegance Winterthur for its expansive gardens and Hagley for the DuPont legacy Learn more here
The Du Ponts Houses and Gardens in the Brandywine ~ The Du Ponts Houses and Gardens in the Brandywine A new book by Maggie Lidz shows not only the fabulous homes the family built but also how they lived These excerpts are but a hint
