THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY
EIN 05-0252708 · Arts, Culture & Humanities (A800)
What they do
THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY of NEWPORT COUNTYS MISSION is to PROTECT, PRESERVE, and PRESENT AN EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION of HOUSE MUSEUMS and LANDSCAPES IN ONE of THE MOST HISTORICALLY INTACT CITIES IN AMERICA. WE HOLD IN PUBLIC TRUST THE NEWPORT MANSIONS, WHICH ARE AN INTEGRAL PART of THE LIVING FABRIC of NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. THESE SITES EXEMPLIFY THREE CENTURIES of THE FINEST ACHIEVEMENTS IN AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE, DECORATIVE ARTS, and LANDSCAPE DESIGN SPANNING THE COLONIAL ERA to THE GILDED AGE. THROUGH OUR HISTORIC PROPERTIES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, and RELATED ACTIVITIES WE ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN THE STORY of AMERICAS VIBRANT CULTURAL HERITAGE. WE SEEK to INSPIRE and PROMOTE AN APPRECIATION of THE VALUE of PRESERVATION to ENRICH THE LIVES of PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1947
- Location
- 424 BELLEVUE AVE, NEWPORT, RI 02840-6924
- County
- Newport
- In care of
- CLIFFORD H RUST