Louise E. du Pont Crowninshield

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Louise E. du Pont Crowninshield was an American heiress and pioneering historic preservationist who played a key role in saving and restoring important early American buildings and interiors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf heiress
historic preservationist
human
burialPlace Du Pont family cemetery, Greenville, Delaware
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1877-08-03
dateOfDeath 1958-02-15
educatedAt Misses Hebb’s School, Wilmington, Delaware
familyName Crowninshield
Du Pont
surface form: du Pont
father Henry du Pont
surface form: Henry Algernon du Pont
fieldOfWork American decorative arts
historic preservation
fullName Louise E. du Pont Crowninshield self-linksurface differs
surface form: Louise Evelina du Pont Crowninshield
givenName Louise
heritage French-American
New England Yankee through marriage
influenced development of professional historic preservation standards in the United States
memberOf National Trust for Historic Preservation
Historic New England
surface form: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Du Pont
surface form: du Pont family
mother Mary Pauline Foster NERFINISHED
notableAward Louise du Pont Crowninshield Award of the National Trust for Historic Preservation named in her honor
notableFor advocacy for preserving original architectural fabric and interiors
leadership in early National Trust for Historic Preservation activities
pioneering work in historic preservation in the United States
preservation of early American buildings and interiors
support of museum-house interpretation of historic properties
occupation historic preservationist
philanthropist
placeOfBirth Newport, Rhode Island, United States ONNED1
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
vice chair of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
religion Episcopalian
residence Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
New Castle, Delaware
surface form: New Castle, Delaware, United States

Newport, Rhode Island, United States NERFINISHED
Seville
surface form: Seville, Spain
sexOrGender female
significantProject preservation of the Eleutherian Mills property at Hagley, Delaware
restoration of early American interiors at Winterthur
restoration of the George Read II House in New Castle, Delaware
spouse Francis Boardman Crowninshield
workLocation Delaware
Massachusetts
Virginia

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Du Pont hasNotableMember Louise E. du Pont Crowninshield
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this entity surface form: Louise Evelina du Pont Crowninshield