Nemours Mansion and Gardens - Home of Alfred I. duPont

This video tells the story of Alfred I. duPont and the beautiful home he built for his second wife Alicia on a 3,000-acre plot of land in Wilmington, Delaware.
He hired Carrere and Hastings, a prestigious New York architectural firm, to design the mansion in the late-18th-century French style that Alicia adored. Alfred named the estate Nemours, after the French town that his great-great-grandfather represented in the French Estates General.
Alfred also ensured that his new home was thoroughly modern by incorporating the latest technology and many of his own inventions. Visitors today can enjoy a glimpse of the past at the carefully preserved Nemours Mansion and Gardens.

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