Rhode Island
Doris Duke's Newport Restoration Foundation is keeping history alive, addressing climate change
The Newport Restoration Foundation in Rhode Island is still focused on historic preservation of colonial homes, but isn’t hiding the effects of climate change on the seaside city.
In the mid-1920s, late Doris Duke — an American billionaire tobacco heiress, socialite, and philanthropist — was barely in her teens when her father died unexpectedly and she inherited Rough Point mansion in Newport. The English manor wrapped in ston... [7378 chars]