Known as Napley Green, the property has been owned by the du Ponts since 1929, when Eugene E. du Pont paid $70,000 for it, according to contemporary reports. Eugene was a descendant E.I. du Pont ...

"Well, how are you going to do that," she asked. "We don't know the du Ponts." "Let's see how it goes," he told her. That was two and half years ago. His first call went to Irénée du Pont ...

George Washington's troops fought here, the du Ponts founded their company and dynasty here, becoming one of America's wealthiest families, and three generations of Wyeths painted here.