Ethel du Pont and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., the son of the then-32nd President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, announced their engagement on Nov. 15, 1936, at Owl's Nest, a du Pont family Greenville ...

"Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale'' will hit movie theaters on Sept. 12, bringing to a close the story of the Crawley family as well as their paid staff, personal and social ups and downs, and their ...

University of Oklahoma Associate Professor of French, Julia Abramson, has published an article with Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment that reveals how religion, transatlantic networks and ...

If your personal finances don't allow for much more than a wreath and a tree this holiday season, not to worry: The du Ponts have you covered. The family's former estates in Delaware's Brandywine ...

THE DU PONTS OF DELAWARE by William H. A. Carr. 368 pages. Dodd, Mead $6.95. Every New Year’s Day, the men of the Du Pont family gather in the mansions on the old home grounds hard by Brandywine Creek ...

Not only is 2026 the nation’s 250th anniversary, it’s also the 75th anniversary of founder Henry Francis du Pont opening his former family home as a premier museum of American decorative arts.

"With this book we celebrated the activities and institutions our [Du Pont] family members have been privileged to create, or in which they have served and continue ...

Former barn on the estate of Eugene du Pont has been renovated into an 8,200-square-foot home. The home, with five bedrooms and six bathrooms, is listed for sale for $2.2 million. After renovating the ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969) established the Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library, Winterthur, Del., in 1951. He collected early-American ...

The du Pont family's wealth remains today, though according to a 2020 listing by Forbes magazine, the family's worth of an estimated $16 billion is spread among about 4,000 heirs. Some historic du ...