FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2020 Contact: ctoussaint@classicalamericanhomes.org Classical American Homes Preservation Trust Names New President Classical American Homes Preservation Trust (CAHPT) has named Robert Leath as its new President, effective May 18. Leath succeeds Margize Howell and Peter Kenny, who led the Trust as co-presidents until their recent retirements on March 31. Previously, Leath served as Chief Curator and Vice-President of Collections, Research, and Archaeology for the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) and Old Salem in Winston-Salem, NC. During his tenure, Leath led an important strategic realignment that included a complete renovation and reinterpretation of the museum’s …more

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We are delighted to announce that Classical American Homes has recently acquired a rare rosewood and marble sofa table, one of two that originally stood in Millford’s magnificent double parlor. Attributed to Duncan Phyfe & Son, the New York cabinetmaking firm that supplied virtually all of the furniture for this stately Greek Revival mansion, the table passed by descent from John Laurence Manning and his second wife Sally Clarke Manning to its last owner before it was acquired by Classical American Homes. The matching table is at Mulberry Plantation in Camden, SC, brought there it seems by John Laurence Manning …more

Read the latest in news and goings-on at Classical American Homes in our Fall 2019 Newsletter!  Richard Hampton Jenrette Memorial Lecture & Reception with Peter Kenny — The Consummation of Earthly Bliss: Dick Jenrette’s Edgewater Annual Appeal 2019 Outlandish Hillsborough at Ayr Mount Fall Tours & Events at Roper House Fall Tours & Events at the George F. Baker Houses Fall Tours at Edgewater and more!