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Headquarters Rhode Island, United States Similar Trinity Church, Salve Regina University, Blithewold Mansion - Gardens, International Yacht Restorati, Rhode Island Historical | ||
The Preservation Society of Newport County is a private, non-profit organization based in Newport, Rhode Island. It is Rhode Island's largest and most-visited cultural organization. The organization's 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" --Newport, Rhode Island. The organization also protects the architectural heritage of Newport County, Rhode Island, but most especially the Bellevue Avenue Historic District. Its fourteen historic properties and landscapes—seven of which are National Historic Landmarks, and eleven of which are open to the public—form a complete essay of American historical development from the Colonial era through the Gilded Age. It was announced on January 8, 2017 that the 2016 visitation of the Preservation Society properties had surpassed 1,000,000 visitors.
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The Preservation Society is led by CEO Trudy Coxe.
History
The Preservation Society of Newport County was founded in 1945 by a dedicated and concerned group of Newporters led by Katherine and George Warren to save Hunter House from demolition. For a brief time they were known as the Georgian Society until they changed their name to the Preservation Society of Newport County.