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Classical American Homes Preservation Trust is now the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation: A new era for the preservation, innovation, and education of America’s historic architecture, decorative arts, and landscapes.
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Classical American Homes Preservation Trust Will Be Renamed The Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation
New 5-year strategic plan and mission expands organization’s scope with investment in educational programming, mentoring, and grant-making for students and professionals in historic preservation, decorative…
Reflecting on 2023 and Looking Forward to 2024
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April 5th, 2024
Classical American Homes Preservation Trust Will Be Renamed The Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation
New 5-year strategic plan and mission expands organization’s scope with investment in educational programming, mentoring, and grant-making for students and professionals in historic preservation, decorative…
April 3rd, 2024
Investigating Robert Donaldson’s Art Collection at Mid-19th Century Edgewater, Part I
Author: Grant Quertermous, CAHPT Curator & Director of Collections This two-part series will investigate the collection of paintings and sculpture displayed at Edgewater by its…
January 25th, 2024
Reflecting on 2023 and Looking Forward to 2024
A note from CAHPT President, Benjamin Prosky.
August 17th, 2023
Searching for hidden things Ayr Mount
Author: Joseph Beatty, PhD; CAHPT Director of Digital Experience On the week of July 24, 2023, Classical American Homes Preservation Trust hosted two days of…
February 3rd, 2023
Sally Bland Clarke Manning: A wife’s first impression of Millford
Author: Grant Quertermous, CAHPT Curator & Director of Collections “Married, At Warner Hall, Va., on Wednesday, 26th April, by the Rev. Charles Mann, Hon. John…
January 30th, 2023
Benjamin Prosky Appointed President of Classical American Homes Preservation Trust
Former Executive Director of the Center for Architecture and AIA–New York will assume role April 3, 2023
January 19th, 2023
In Memory of Jane Mack Gould
In Memory of Jane Mack Gould
September 29th, 2022
King Charles III’s 1990 Visit to Roper House
Author: Grant Quertermous, CAHPT Curator & Director of Collections While many historic houses in the United States can make the claim that George Washington slept…
June 15th, 2022
“the trees, are made the most of as ornaments to the grounds”: Understanding John L. Manning’s 1855 Landscape Improvements at Millford
Author: Grant Quertermous, CAHPT Curator & Director of Collections Newly uncovered documentary evidence indicates that John Laurence Manning undertook a large-scale landscaping project at Millford…
May 24th, 2022
“The Merry Widow of Roper House”: Mary Coachman Allston
Author: Grant Quertermous, CAHPT Curator & Director of Collections “Burglary—The residence of Mrs. Mary C. Alston, situate on East Bay-street opposite the Battery, was forcibly…