These images were taken on a recent trip to the A.I. du Pont Mansion and Gardens in Wilmington Delaware.
One hundred years after it's completion in 1910, Nemours Mansion remains the grandest residence ever constructed in Delaware and it's gardens are still the finest example in North America of a formal French garden. The grounds cover 222 acres. The estate was named after the town in France that Alfred I du Pont's great, great gradfather, Pierre Samuel du Pont represented as a member of the Estates General in 1789.
du Pont was a philanthropist, musician, composer, engineer and an inventor. His lasting legacy is the Nemours Foundation, which was established under the terms of his will. The Nemours Foundation owns the mansion and gardens and operates the Alfred I. du Pont Hospital, a multi sub-speciality hospital for children.
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