HISTORICAL SITES
Tour American History
Living legacies of American history and culture, open to lifelong learners as symbols of the Jenrette Foundation’s commitment to stewardship.
The Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation’s properties, once owned by Dick Jenrette, are living showcases of American classical design and craftsmanship that are open for tours. Importantly, they are also living laboratories for teaching and learning about architecture, conservation, history, and preservation. The Jenrette Foundation routinely hosts fellows and students, and convenes experts and scholars from around the world around our mission to preserve, protect, and make available to the public unparalleled examples of historic architecture, landscape design, and decorative and fine arts from the early 19th century.
HIDDEN GEM ON THE HUDSON RIVER
Edgewater
SANDHILLS SPLENDOR
Millford
A PIEDMONT SHOWPIECE
Ayr Mount
HIGHLIGHTS
ARCHITECTURE
Mr. Jenrette’s affection for his houses is evident in his writings, his care in furnishing and decorating them, and his decision to endow them in perpetuity. They are beautiful objects deserving of sustained study and admiration, and people from around the world visit them for enjoyment and education each year.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Our buildings deserve the highest standard of care. Our preservation efforts include extensive research with a commitment to engaging the finest professionals and tradespeople, and a determination to leave our buildings in the best possible condition for the next generation.
HISTORIC LANDSCAPES
Care for our sites extends to their settings. Our living landscapes provide both the backdrop for our buildings as well as important information about their histories. Their care begins with research into historic documents, maps, and the archaeological remains on all properties.
COLLECTIONS
Our collection speaks to Mr. Jenrette's abiding passion to collect antiques and fine art. His efforts to acquire original objects that belonged in the houses provides a rare opportunity to study a collection in the very context for which it was commissioned and used.
EDUCATION
Each site and object in the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation’s portfolio is an invaluable teaching vehicle for American history. Through preservation advocacy, academic partnerships, digital education, and public programs, we purposefully share our work in “doing history” to educate the public and the next generation of preservation professionals and craftspeople.
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