What is Du Pont's Winterthur Mansion?

[@JoePulcinella]

I am very familiar with Winterthur. I'm an architectural photographer by trade and am working with the Winterthur team to photograph it in its entirety as a pro bono project. The DuPonts have many amazing properties in Delaware and Pennsylvania and Winterthur is definitely one that shouldn't be missed. Pro Tip: Take the More to Explore Tour that takes you to floors and rooms most people don't get to see!

[@RayQ101]

Is this where the Du Pont heir molested his daughter in 09?

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

Why? I’m sure it costs more so surely you agree you ought to explain why it is worth it. I’m sure you work probono hoping to get paid work later. Brownie points?

[@andrewmcdermott2394]

@@RA82828 funny enough it doesn’t cost extra at all they will probably show you whatever rooms you would like to see if you call ahead

[@Skyking6976]

Thanks Joe. Was there with the grandkids today so we had to skip the mansion but bought memberships to come back. We’ll get that More to Explore. Everyone…yes the mansion is breathtaking but the property is as well. The acres and acres of beautiful flowers. It smelled like Joy perfume. Flowers bloom there every month but December. Can you believe that?

[@Ferocious_Imbecile]

Would you say that the overarching style of the interiors is largely William and Mary and also Queen Anne?

[@waldowollrabe2833]

Henry F. DuPont sponsored my family to immigrate to the USA. My Aunt, Uncle, Cousins, Parents and me! My dad was his Houseman (aka Butler) my uncle was his personal chauffeur. We lived on the Winterthur Estate. I’m on my way there now to give the Library pictures and memorabilia from my dad and mom and myself, from back when we lived and worked there.

[@timnicholas1832]

What an interesting family history you have! This beautiful estate must be very special to you. Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@viviannedonnelly233]

How blessed you are! We are new residents of middle Delaware and love visiting Winterthur, seeing its beautiful grounds, antiques, and current exhibits.

[@StamperWendy]

I never would've thought to decorate my house to be "museum ready." It has lovely grounds. I think it's cool that Jackie O called for him!

[@honorladone8682]

I appreciate all of the DuPont's efforts in helping children. Thank you for your generosity. It's all about giving back to the community. Philadelphia USA

[@patrickcarpenter6258]

One of the worst chemical companies in the history of the world multiple atrocities still committing them okay they get to help kids but they also make chemicals that cause cancer that stay in you forever

[@Debleves]

How wonderful that it is still there and hasn't been destroyed

[@andrewvavala251]

I live down the street Winterthur. I was there a few weeks ago for a crafts fare and yes, the grounds are beautiful! However, the image you share at 4:50 is actually a picture of the Italian Water Gardens at Longwood Gardens. Longwood Gardens is another beautiful old DuPont estate owned by Pierre S. DuPont. Pierre was Henry Francis DuPont's cousin. Would love to see you do a video about Longwood Gardens as well!

[@susananthony6071]

Good catch

[@johnmiller8975]

Agreed and they *Just* redid the Longwood fountains

[@jameswilkins5938]

I also noticed the misidentified fountains. I suppose that it was an honest mistake. I've been to Winterthur and Nemours only once but Longwood many times. What I specifically remember of Winterthur was seeing a silver stein/mug made by Paul Revere as well as one by his son and a china set which had belonged to Martha Washington.

[@NobodySpecial512]

When my wife and I first started dating we spent a lot of time at Longwood Gardens. We were both working a large project for DuPont and stayed in an apartment the company provided. Everything about the Brandywine area is just beautiful.

[@mikeconrad454]

I've toured the home at Christmas time. I highly recommend it, the Christmas tree in the family dining room decorated with flowers collected from the estate and dried was breath taking.

[@lawrencewild2523]

Having parents who were very interested in American History and Americana I have been visiting Winterthur since I was a small boy for years (I am now 63). One of my favorite parts is the Campbell Soups collection of soup tureens that are housed there. Also I would like to point out that in addition to being a museum it is also offers courses in Interior design and decoration at the masters level. While the picture you showed does not appear to be from Winterthur (I agree with another poster that it is from Longwood Gardens) the Mansion grounds does include a set of gardens in a far more natural form that the more formal gardens of Longwood. This would include the Enchanted Woods at Winterthur. You might after this want to visit and do a piece on Nemours which is a much more classical mansion of the DuPont's. And of course there is also the original DuPont Homestead at the Hagley Museum & DuPont Gunpowder Works. Although impressive I suppose Longwood gardens is a bit outside your scope since it generally runs to mansions and the Pierce/DuPont Farmhouse is not a mansion. At Longwood the real draw are the gardens, fountains, greenhouses and the grounds itself. Also since the greenhouse complex is currently undergoing a major renovation, a piece done now will be outdated in three years or so.

[@moobrien1747]

Well, aren't we?

[@dojocho1894]

There was a Dupont house in NY State on rt 28 a little past woodstock NY on the right side of the mountain. My Mother when she was little girl used to deliver groceries to the house this is in the 1930's She said they were very nice and tipped well.

[@mikechaplin1566]

I am from Maine, and my wife and I plan to visit next year or the year after, when we will also be visiting Gettysburg.

[@terrancearndt1689]

Thank you for mentioning the square footage I have a need to know that.. puts it all in perspective real quickly.

[@janetbex7526]

Visit this magnificent property during the holiday season. The grounds are lovely even when all the leaves have fallen. They have a marvelous dried flower tree in the solarium.

[@christophers2328]

Very Beautiful home, especially at Christmas. They have George Washington’s China and silver made by Paul Revere. Takes multiple trips to see it all. Only certain rooms are open each year, they rotate the rooms for viewing

[@nonadeplume1145]

The Asian room is just on another level. That ancient wallpaper made my heart flutter.

[@coreyjr6988]

Keep dropping bro, your page is a gem. Binged all the gilded age mansions videos 🥸

[@samanthab1923]

My nephew is having his wedding there next year 🍾

[@randallfrank5682]

My wife and I visited Winterthur in October of 2014 when the clothes/costumes of the Downton Abby show were being displayed there. We were visiting some of my wife's cousins and some friends on the east coast from Virginia to New York City, flying in and out of Reagan National Airport from Alaska. We were staying in Kennett Square; Pennsylvania and I used my phone GPS to get to the mansion to meet our tour time. However, we ended up at the service gate and I had to call the mansion to get directions to the front entrance. The tour was quite an experience as was the whole trip to the east coast and my first time in New York City.

[@laurenharte324]

I went here with friends during Christmas time, the house was decorated so beautifully. We were given a private tour of the grounds in a golf cart it was amazing! Highly recommend visiting

[@jb-fb4od]

Would love to see this house! Such a unique idea to show our history through different rooms. I would love to have hit the road along with Henry and his chauffer! What a fun adventure it would have been to find and purchase those rooms architecture and furnishings. Creating this house with the intent to share America's history with others is remarkable! Thanks for sharing this one with us.

[@FoxboroPiper]

One of the rooms displays late 17th century furniture from my family's ancestral mansion in New Jersey. (It is bittersweet that the wealth has long disappeared but Du Pont reconstructed an entire room from the mansion--wallpaper and all--with their most valuable furniture, so that I could see how my ancestors lived.) Last year my girlfriend and I bought online tickets for a tour and drove 2 hours to get there. Turned out we bought $23 grounds only tickets and they wouldn't allow us inside the mansion. Obviously we were confused as to what we were paying for... Mind you, the mansion was open for tours that day for people with a different kind of of ticket (which were sold out). The museum staff spoke to us like we are stupid for thinking that buying $23 tickets to Winterthur would entitle us to....you know...actually go inside. This is a warning for people who want to visit the mansion to look very carefully at the type of ticket you are ordering.

[@lighttheway5088]

I do not believe you.🙄

[@StonedustandStardust]

I'd love to visit this wonderful museum thanks for the video 👍

[@asteverino8569]

This is a great, great thing Du Pont did. I grew up only hearing about the downside of chemicals, partly created by Du Pont Corporation. While I don't disagree with a lot of this, I am also happy to hear more about the family.

[@Micha-ng7yp]

Aso someone from Winterthur, Switzerland this is an interesting video to come across

[@dewdrop3302]

I used to receive a gift catalog from here. Very lovely items.

[@urbanviii5103]

I took a course at Yale Graduate School on furniture and American decorative arts, taught by Charles Montgomery, a former director at Winterthur. It was a fabulous course, with an incomparable collection of Americana at the Yale Art Museum. He was the authority on Federal furniture, even to this day.

[@ms.rosann]

I love looking at these homes and just in general love and admire beautiful homes. I love looking at different types of interior design and wondering who lived there and how did their life go…? 🤔

[@cliffhoelzer6895]

I live in old Louisville and the Dupont family had a great influence here involving palatial town houses and land that eventually became Central Park, the crown jewel of the park and interconnecting parkway system that Fredrick Olmstead designed for Louisville over a 10 year period from 1895 to 1905. There was also a famous scandal were a Dupont family member was shot and killed by his pregnant mistress in the downtown Hotel that was covered up by the Dupont family!!

[@sharksport01]

What hotel? The Brown?

[@cliffhoelzer6895]

@@sharksport01 yes it was!

[@cathyreardon8979]

Loved him preserving history.❤

[@Maybe1Someday]

I cant think of Duponts without thinking of that "Foxcatcher" movie. What a sad thing

[@dawnmessuri8202]

How beautiful. Wow! I'd love to come tour that home. I love history and art.

[@jeanfranklin7918]

He seems as a decent man, preserving history. Great video once again.

[@jessebaldwin2661]

Having grown up in the Wilmington, DE area, I visited Winterthur as a student in grade school back in the mid-1950s. I can still remember the exquisite furniture and rooms.

[@elpirata5468]

It's such a capsule Of time

[@ms.rosann]

Amazing 😀

[@MG-ot2yr]

I grew up in Wilmington, DE, as teens we used to cruise through "the valley" where Winterthur is located.

[@sandracunningham3995]

Watching from Canada.

[@donbailey927]

I visited at Christmas time. It was beautiful and fun as the house was decorated for the kids.

[@heatherwallace-bernat4745]

Delaware in the house!! The house is beautiful but Longwood gardens is a must see !! And Christmas is the best time. We go every year on New Year’s Day

[@calypso4554]

Funny to come across this video. Because I live in Wintherthur, Switzerland ... 😄

[@bertrandlechat4330]

the name of this du Pont estate was taken from Winterthur, in Switzerland

[@sunspiral79]

Another brilliant video. This has become my favorite channel. Would love to see you cover Abercrombie Castle...It now sits in ruins

[@kodyjbosch1]

Thanks for mentioning the Abercrombie Castle! I believe it is for sale and I really hope someone will buy it and restore it before it is too late -

[@jonathanleonard1152]

My wife is a Winterthur fellow, 1974 - ‘76. Her preferred DuPont property is Longwood Gardens. This property would make a good episode, more for the landscape architecture and gardens. My wife had a very good career in museum situations. We are now retired and living in a very nice, modern style, cooperative seniors residence.

[@777jones]

Been there. Amazing gardens!

[@appraiser1717]

The garden fountains in this photo are at Longwood Gardens not Winterthur.

[@pamdoherty723]

I live in Delaware and there are many DuPont homes -- many still lived in by the family. For instance, there is Granogue. Nemours, Longwood Gardens and Mount Cuba are open to the public. Then there are many houses that have been lost over the years but the gardens are preserved which are open to the public at no cost. Personally, I don't like Winterthur since it's not a "house' in the sense where you can imagine anyone living there. Nemours is a much better example. However, the gardens at Winterthur are magnificent!

[@auldfouter8661]

I've seen the Winterthur prefix in Holstein dairy cattle pedigrees , and only clicked to see if there was any connection. Didn't expect to see this !

[@jimwiskus8862]

I believe the DuPonts also had President James Madison’s home Montpelier. It has since been restored to its original glory when the president was in residence.

[@33Donner77]

Similar to Henry, that's all I ever wanted, "a simple life". (With, of course, a 2,500 acre estate and a vast fortune.)

[@3136tom1]

i remember carlton he use to come into the bancroft mansion , a restarunt behind the delaware art museum, to see someone on the sly , then his grand mother and great aunt showed up a couple of dried up old snobs , to check the place out , then no more carlton

[@lawrenceflynn2447]

Extremely interesting Ken…. Thanks ❤

[@marysmyth8288]

Andrew Brendan: I fully agree with your statement .❤

[@leeteplitz7673]

Magnificent property ❤

[@HarvestStore]

Great video.

[@nancyyonce2906]

AWESOME !!!!-

[@janedee6488]

Would love to visit this lovely mansion

[@wildcolonialman]

Fascinating.

[@pssst2931]

Visited this Mansion with my cousin who was just also visiting Delaware. Unfortunately, one of the security or tour guide wasn't very welcoming. To cut the story short, we ended up going home and weren't able to see inside the Mansion. I have been to many Museums and Mansion tours like this, but sadly, our experience was horrible.

[@protorhinocerator142]

I guess the thing that really gets me is how he made an elevated back yard with trees and everything. What an amazing place for the kids to play, or just have a quiet evening in the back yard. Most super-rich mansions have stupid things in there for no reason, like a wall of windows so people can look in at you. Why?

[@anastasiaromanov3737]

love to visit in the future

[@cynthiaraper868]

Awesome thanks for the share 😊

[@stime6472]

Beautiful!

[@3136tom1]

hey mr. this house you should check out main line colleges. alot of them were at one time gilded age estates and still have the original mansions. for instance cabrini college (cambell soup) the durance family. eastern college mansion has beautful terrased stone work . rosemont college has mansion and a chaple, the clothier estate oakdale just torn down for a new school. next door is the hause estate now a nature reserve (of roman hause chemicals )mansion still there look up La Ronda a gilded age mansion. been torn down people protested many more. check out the movie the philadelphia story, and you will get the idea of the area I am talking about.

[@brianbrian4317]

Isn’t the landscape the Italian garden at the Pierre DuPont House Longwood

[@reiterdls]

ummm, how come there's a photo of the fountains at Longwood in this?

[@thefanone]

Just wow

[@tastemakerguidie]

it was the sleeve that couldn't hold therefore a coin surfice at best of such least contrary CORRECT

[@avengerscap]

That's almost as big as six hockey rinks. Yowza!

[@johnhughes3963]

They also owned the iconic Oberod Estate close by to Winterhur

[@Glostaboy70]

the kitchen here looks just like the one at Beauport

[@lawrencejosephjenzen]

Hi there can you give me a tour of the DuPont mansion? I love your voice!

[@woodtool2882]

I love architecture. There used to be a show and I forget the name of it, but it featured large homes or mansions regularly if not every week. I'd love it if someone could tell me the name of it so I could buy the DVDs.

[@bellee33]

Wasn’t it something like Great American Castles? I remember watching it as a child and just loving every minute of it!

[@synchronicity1470]

America's Castles. My son gifted me the gift set. A magical series!

[@rturney6376]

DuPont Pavilion Villanova- I was a grad 👩‍🎓

[@kellingtonlink956]

All of this from gun powder and chemicals. Impressive. Thanks for the video.

[@tastemakerguidie]

keep it ; i made sherbetasylum

[@mebeachgirl1]

You have done your video very well. I am a born and raised Delaware girl and have seen the beauty of Winterthur.

[@tastemakerguidie]

construction paper first ; understand why i selected delaware CORRECT

[@carlthornton3076]

Very Good!... #168 ✝ {12-1-2022}

[@OWOT-re5jf]

Did he get married and have kids? I would love to see this!

[@margarita8442]

If I visit can I make a log inside ?

[@smplyizzy]

Dam that place is hideous. Maybe is somehow was nice back in the day.

[@snarflatful]

Back when billionaires were cool.

[@jamesdugan3079]

The simple life!!

[@francesgrumblatt3420]

Lotsa “ stuff “

[@LMFAO1357]

Ever heard of forever chemicals…you can thank the duponts for it. They last forever, oh and thanks for the Teflon poisoning. If you weren’t rich, you’d be in jail.

[@johnconley3473]

Wow, a criminal compound

[@CharlesCoderre-yv1cu]

how so?

[@brucewilson1958]

This is a prime example of Extreme and Worthless Excess..exibiting total disregard for human sufferings and the absence basic needs. Vulgar. It is presented as philanthropic, but in reality, is blatant self indulgence.

[@jamesmerkel9442]

WoW monoply mega house, nothing like it hardly in world requiring a trip across ocean to try & match, & needing century earlier or more gap.

[@cynthiachronister4082]

Did these people ever feel guilty probably not selfish entitled and hardly human

[@annonymously331]

What?

[@marquiesriley6479]

Good grief the house looks horrible….looks more like a spa/hotel than a home…9k SF is definitely to much space for any home…lol

[@kissingcandy1]

is this the same family as the fox catcher

[@kissingcandy1]

sounds like the American museum of Bath u.k

[@massageru-of3qm]

Он пришел в этот мир чтобы исполнить свою мечту !!! У него получилось.

[@andrewbrendan1579]

It's good to see how someone used wealth to preserve history and to enrich people's lives.

[@moobrien1747]

Agent Orange? Please.

[@alexistarr]

Agreed. It's a shame that so many operating system monopoly fortunes seem to be used to further Malthusian eugenics based genocide these days.🤔

[@bobbys4327]

enriched their own lives

[@bobbys4327]

@@moobrien1747 yeah, I deal with it on a daily basis.

[@sashasue00]

I have the best wind chimes that my mom bought (God rest her soul); she loved to take the "Wintertour" every year.

[@ropeburnsrussell]

So many of these homes were monuments to greed. But he built this from the beginning as a public asset. That's commendable.

[@adamotlewski3799]

Frick too, I beleive, was another one that designed his house with the idea of it becoming a public museum when he died.

[@ropeburnsrussell]

@@adamotlewski3799 yes, he did. It's a lovely building filled with great art. I spent a whole day there years ago, I still think of the bronzes.

[@moobrien1747]

LIKE ALL OF THE SUPERFUND SITES...

[@ropeburnsrussell]

@@moobrien1747 they would still be there if there was no museum. Do you have a point?

[@battleford3574]

@@ropeburnsrussell the point is a lovely house doesn't whitewash the environmental damage left behind by the company

[@joetinghitella]

When are you going to do Meadow Brook Hall and others from Detroit area? Lot of old money homes and stories to tell. Keep up the great work!

[@kenj.8897]

Yeah a few gems left in the decaying area . Once the pride of the Midwest

[@stevemiller7949]

This place is near the top of my bucket list. The gardens are unrivaled in America and compare favorably to the finest in Europe and the Far East. A true American treasure, thank you.🙂🙂❤️💯

[@cassandraralph5906]

Very interesting house! One would never get bored looking at all the extensive antique pieces that are placed so well within the different styles of rooms. I like it!

[@annebutler2648]

cassandra ralph i would need years to see it all,fair play to the man for giving a life time we will never see the likes of again.

[@karinbinnie1862]

My husband took me to Winterthur in 2012. My favorite part was the furniture museum full of the most exquisite pieces and we also took the house tour. As a florist I got a chuckle over the vases in the rooms - silks in resin so as not to damage the furniture. Each vase contained only one type of flower, and that in only one color, for example white roses. Mrs. duPont considered mixed bouquets to be "vulgar'. It was just before Christmas so the fabulous azaleas were bare, but we made up for that down the road at Longwood Gardens, another duPont cousin's estate.

[@annangel4828]

Fantastic insight! Thanks, Karin.

[@middletownmookie1904]

Winterthur is one of the gems of Delaware. I’ve never been but my kids have had trips there. They also do a horse racing weekend every year that attracts a lot of people called Point to Point. I hear the gardens are amazing.

[@jefflawrentz1624]

I visited several years ago and want to go back. There’s so much to see and learn from here that it’s very fortunate he had the interest to save so much. One day is not nearly enough time to see it all.

[@smclarehart]

The water feature shown is NOT part of Winterthur. That’s at Longwood Gardens.

[@gwendolyn7462]

crazy

[@2009grifin1]

I have toured Winterthur several times, Christmas is the best.