Classical American Homes Preservation Trust

and the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation

Annual Report

AYR MOUNT, EDGEWATER, ESTATE CANE GARDEN, GEORGE F. BAKER HOUSES, MILLFORD, NEWS, ROPER HOUSE

Dear Friends, Donors and Preservationists, We are pleased to share with you our Annual Report 2016! This report – featuring Roper House (on the cover), located in Charleston, SC – highlights Classical American Homes Preservation Trust’s nascent beginnings. Richard H. Jenrette, Founder and Chairman of CAHPT, writes about his “first real estate acquisition in 1968” and the “beginning of a nearly 50-year personal hobby in historic preservation.” An overview of all six of our houses, including a description of our programs and audience members, is provided by Margize Howell and Peter Kenny, Co-Presidents. Sign up on our website to receive our mailing or …more

Annual Appeal

AYR MOUNT, EDGEWATER, ESTATE CANE GARDEN, EVENTS, GEORGE F. BAKER HOUSES, HOUSES, MILLFORD, ROPER HOUSE

This coming year will mark the 60th year since I first set foot on Wall Street, a place that today, more than ever, seems enamored with the search for “disruptive” new technologies. In our day, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, a firm I founded with two Harvard Business School classmates that went on to become the first publicly-owned New York Stock Exchange member firm, was certainly disruptive. But I never really liked the word disruptive. What has all this got to do with historic preservation and Classical American Homes? Some things need to be disrupted and changed, but equal zeal is often required …more

Annual Report

AYR MOUNT, EDGEWATER, ESTATE CANE GARDEN, GEORGE F. BAKER HOUSES, MILLFORD, NEWS, ROPER HOUSE

Dear friends, donors and preservationists, We are delighted to announce the release of our Annual Report 2013. This report features Ayr Mount, the first historic house given by Richard H. Jenrette to Classical American Homes Preservation Trust, beautiful new images of the house, as well as reflections on our programs and activities from the past year. Highlights include: CAHPT celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Ayr Mount’s opening as a house museum and looking forward to the upcoming 200th Birthday of this elegant, historic 1815 house. This report is now available online – please click here to download a digital version …more

Profile: Jack Smith

AYR MOUNT, EDGEWATER, ESTATE CANE GARDEN, GEORGE F. BAKER HOUSES, HOUSES, MILLFORD, ROPER HOUSE

This newsletter’s Profile will focus on Mr. John W. Smith, better known as Jack, who oversees all of Classical American Homes Preservation Trust’s properties as Director of Operations, and also sits on CAHPT’s Board of Directors. Jack has been with CAHPT since its inception in 1993, also having worked the previous 18 years for Richard Jenrette as a property manager. Jack has been directly involved in the restoration of all CAHPT and Richard Jenrette’s portfolio of properties for nearly 40 years. While working as a contractor in upstate New York, Jack was first introduced to Mr. Jenrette in the fall …more

Martha Stewart

ESTATE CANE GARDEN, HOUSES, NEWS

Estate Cane Garden welcomed Martha Stewart for a tour of the house and grounds during her recent vacation to St. Croix. She spent part of the afternoon learning more about the history of the house’s architecture, furnishings and associated ruins, as well as its extensive collection of Island mahogany furniture and classical decor. Ms. Stewart must have had a great time (but who wouldn’t while sipping rum by the Caribbean!), because she featured her visit to Cane Garden in a recent post on her blog “Martha: Up Close and Personal“. Read the blog post and see 65 pictures from her …more

Wunsch Award

AYR MOUNT, EDGEWATER, ESTATE CANE GARDEN, EVENTS, GEORGE F. BAKER HOUSES, MILLFORD, NEWS, ROPER HOUSE

CAHPT is honored to be a 2014 co-recipient of the Eric M. Wunsch Award for Excellence in the American Arts from the Wunsch Americana Foundation. We are proud to be acknowledged alongside Linda and George Kaufman, major art collectors of Americana. This honor recognizes dedication and contributions in preserving American Decorative Arts and was hosted by Christie’s, New York City on January 22nd. Please click here for the press release.  

CAHPT 20th Anniversary

AYR MOUNT, EDGEWATER, ESTATE CANE GARDEN, EVENTS, GEORGE F. BAKER HOUSES, HOUSES, MILLFORD, NEWS, ROPER HOUSE

It is our pleasure to announce that Classical has turned 20 this year! We cannot believe how far we’ve come since our founding in 1993, all thanks to your generous support and sustained interest in what we do. Because of friends and supporters like you, Classical American Homes has been able to continue our preservation mission. The story began…. Classical American Homes started as a non-profit foundation in December 1993 with the gift of Ayr Mount, built circa 1815, in Hillsborough, NC. Ayr Mount was our first historic house museum. (Photos on this page are from our 20th Anniversary Reception …more

Let’s Play 20/20

AYR MOUNT, EDGEWATER, ESTATE CANE GARDEN, GEORGE F. BAKER HOUSES, HOUSES, MILLFORD, NEWS, ROPER HOUSE

Twenty Questions for Twenty Years! 1. What movie influenced Dick Jenrette’s love of classical architecture? 2. True or False. In 1854, Edgewater had a unique octagonal library added to it by A.J. Davis, which later became Gore Vidal’s study. 3. Ayr Mount is located along which important early trading route? a) Carolinian Silk Road b) Old Indian Trading Path c) Tar Heel Tunnel d) Trader Joe’s Produce Aisle 4. What was the first house Dick Jenrette purchased to begin his collection of houses? 5. The architect/builder of Millford Plantation, Nathaniel Potter, was related to which famous Potter who helped save …more

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