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NEWPORT Newport Restoration Foundation recently announced a grant-funded Historic Structure Report is currently underway on one of their most historically significant homes, the William Vernon House (ca. 1708) located on Clarke Street.
A Historic Structure Report studies a property from every perspective to fully understand the history of the resource, its current condition and the work needed to ensure its future preservation. This will be the first time a comprehensive report of this kind will be performed on this home.
NRF received the William Vernon House from a donor in 2009, however, a member of the donor’s family occupied it for nine years. NRF’s full stewardship of the home began in 2018. Having now been entrusted with preserving this amazing resource, NRF wants to be certain each step it takes in the preservation process is the appropriate and logical next step.
Newport Museum Urged to Fix Big Lie Exhibition on Gay Man s Death
The Newport Restoration Foundation s Rough Point Museum is accused of misrepresenting founder Doris Duke s killing of Eduardo Tirella. April 26 2021 8:45 PM EDT
The author of a book with compelling evidence that billionaire heiress Doris Duke murdered a gay man, Eduardo Tirella, is demanding that the Newport Restoration Foundation remove an exhibit claiming otherwise.
Peter Lance, writer of
Homicide at Rough Point, sent a copy of his book Monday to Mark Thompson, the foundation s executive director. An accompanying letter says a wall-sized placard at the Rough Point Museum in Newport, R.I., titled “The Accident at the Rough Point Gate perpetuates the big lie that Tirella s killing was unintentional.
Eduardo Tirella's family wants NRF to update exhibit providencejournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from providencejournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.