Of French Huguenot descent, the Du Pont family usually spell the family name as "du Pont" in the French style. (She owned the dog I wanted to breed my bitch to). Marion was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the daughter of William du Pont and his second wife, Annie Rogers, the former wife of George Zinn, Sr. She had one sibling, William Jr., and a half-brother, George Zinn, Jr. She spent her childhood at Binfield, Berkshire, England. The last of the duPonts to live at Montpelier, Marion duPont Scott, who's name is derived from her brief marriage to actor, Randolph Scott, embodied the modern notions of a strong, independent woman. Once, preservationists probably would have stripped away all later additions and encrustations in an attempt to get back to the pristine house and estate of the Madison era. But many of the mansion's 55 rooms and features date from du Pont times. Over seventy five years ago Battleship. Jacqueline L. Quillen is coordinating plans for the bicentennial of the Constitution. His daughter Marion turned the house into the hub of a thoroughbred horse-breeding and horse-racing enterprise, installed an art-deco living room, more garish than stylish, in Mother Madison’s quarters, and dug out the cellar to build a gym for her husband, cowboy-movie-idol and Cary Grant’s longtime close friend and California housemate, Randolph Scott. Marion duPont Scott (May 3, 1894 – September 4, 1983) was a philanthropist and a thoroughbred horsebreeder who operated a racing stable for both flat and steeplechase racing. These modifications include the exercise studio for her husband, actor Randolph Scott, and the "LA Modern" red … They built two horse-racing courses on the grounds and started the Montpelier Hunt Races , an annual steeplechase that draws thousands . Like the time John S. Walker, an 1897 alumnus and one of Captain Walker’s six sons, was paired in a foursome with Hollywood great G. Randolph Scott, a 1917 Woodberry graduate. Welcome to ORCA Media's YouTube channel. Its four classical columns and Palladian-style triangular pediment with fanlight, for instance, are pure colonial and Federal. The public, however, is not going to have to wait that long to get a look at the mansion and the 2,700-acre estate, which is four miles west of the town of Orange and about 20 miles northeast of Charlottesville. This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Marion duPont Scott; last private owner of Montpelier estate; b. Marion duPont, daughter of William duPont (1855-1928); married 1st: T.H. NYC is BAAACK!!! Next year, the bicentennial of the Constitution, Madison promises to become the Founding Father of the hour after two centuries in the shadows of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, Madison's friend and neighbor. It was Madison's house in the 18th and early 19th centuries, but it belonged to the du Ponts in this century. In 1936, when Marion married actor Randolph Scott, she converted Nelly Madison’s cellar kitchen into an exercise room for him. By then she was divorced from her first husband, Tom Somerville (1931-1932), and her second, Randolph Scott, the cowboy actor originally from Orange (1932-1936). was the first American owned and bred horse to win the British Grand National, the preeminent test of a steeplechase horse. Nightlife Icons Shequida, Lady Bunny & Amanda Lepore Host New Weekly Event “Queens At The Yard”, Meet the Real-Life Lovers of “Halston”, Ed Austin & the Notorious Victor Hugo, Courtney Love Slams Upcoming Series About Pamela Anderson: “My Heart Goes Out to Pammy. They divorced in 1939; they had no children. The challenge here, he said, is to decide exactly what changes to make so as to draw out the submerged Madisonian qualities without harming the du Pont features. Some preservation groups are already being admitted. Janet Jackson! At present the mansion is mostly empty, its cavernous rooms echoing hollowly to the footsteps of visitors. She was the last private owner of Montpelier, the mansion and land estate of former United States President James Madison. You'll find municipal meetings, local shows and more! There is a basement exercise room that Mrs. Scott built for her husband, the actor Randolph Scott ... Mrs. Scott willed Montpelier to the National Trust, along with a … Scott was not a fan of the spotlight and kept her personal life as much out of the papers as possible (her second marriage, to film star and childhood friend Randolph Scott… Both Marion and her brother, William duPo… The trust accepts properties only with endowments. The restoration process here promises to be a slow one. Such fictions abound, he said. Somerville; married 2nd: actor Randolph Scott; d. 1983. William du Pont, grandson of E. I. du Pont de Nemours, bought the estate as his home at about the turn of the century, and his daughter, Marion du Pont Scott, lived there until her death in 1983. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. ''You are not looking at something that's going to pop right out,'' he said. He had even been best man at her first wedding. The last of the duPonts to live at Montpelier, Marion duPont Scott, who's name is derived from her brief marriage to actor, Randolph Scott, embodied the modern notions of a strong, independent woman. Daughter Marion du Pont Scott (for a time the wife of movie actor Randolph Scott) inherited the estate in 1928, built the racecourse and steeplechase track, and instituted the Montpelier Stakes, which still run each fall. Much of the original interior detailing of the house remains, including mantels, paneled walls, doors and jambs, and some windows. I spent Presidents’ Weekend in Orange, Virginia, celebrating the inauguration of the restored Old Library at Montpelier, at which I was thrilled to be the speaker.With its breathtaking view out to the Blue Ridge 17 miles away (and uncharacteristically snow-covered that February Sunday), the serene, sun-filled, second-floor room is where James Madison began preparing throughout the … So is the classical minitemple that decorates the ice cellar. Watch, Ellen Cancels Her Show After 19 Seasons –”It’s Just Not a Challenge Anymore…”. Dory Twitchell, the assistant director, is researching the history of the estate. The team working on the property includes an archeologist, Lynne Lewis, who is investigating Montpelier's foundations. The mansion was built in stages, starting in 1755, when it was begun by Madison's father. She was a great-granddaughter of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. As the trust sees it, the problem - and the opportunity for a new and more sensitive preservation strategy - is that Montpelier embodies not one era, but two. ], 1930 March 31. So are the triple-hung windows, similar to those at Monticello. By then, restorers had moved Marion duPont Scott’s art deco extravaganza to a visitor center. ], 1930 March 31. Thirty years ago, he said, everything non-Madisonian would have been ripped out or torn down, and a restored ''fiction'' might have been created because of inadequate documentation. There is a basement exercise room that Mrs. Scott built for her husband, the actor Randolph Scott (though he is said not to have used it much). Marion duPont Scott (1894-1983) was an internationally renowned Virginia horse breeder and owner of Montpelier, James Madison’s Orange County home. And the impressively landscaped grounds and gardens, complete with steeplechase course and race track, are almost pure du Pont. But to do that at Montpelier, he said, would leave the Madison presence - the intended focus of the building - too indistinct. The eldest daughter of … Marion duPont Scott; last private owner of Montpelier estate; b. Marion duPont, daughter of William duPont (1855-1928); married 1st: T.H. Own a … ''We can get a 19th- and 20th-century comparison in this building if we play our cards right,'' says Frank E. Sanchis 3d, a vice president of the trust. The trust, based in Washington, owns a network of 15 properties, mostly in the East. ... actor Randolph Scott, and the "LA Modern" red room with mirrored walls, completed by 1930. January 23, 1898– Randolph Scott ... Montpelier, a 55-room mansion that was the ancestral and retirement home of President James Madison. Her second husband was actor Randolph Scott, four years her junior. Mrs. Scott left most of the house very much as she received it. George’s parents made sure that he attended the best private schools and that he had a happy and care free childhood. To do that would deny future generations the chance to appreciate not just one historical and architectural period, but two, say spokesmen for the National Trust. Her second marriage to G. Randolph Scott also ended in divorce in 1938. and a horse breeder of first rate during the Golden Age of American equine culture. She was A du Pont (!) George Randolph Scott’s early years were almost the exact opposite of Cary Grant’s. A horsewoman, she married cowboy actor Randolph Scott in 1936, and the couple made Nelly Madison's cellar kitchen into an exercise room for him. Madonna! With the help of Gerald Strine, a sports writer with the Washington Post, Scott compiled and published her book, Montpelier - The Recollections of Marion duPont Scott, which is largely an account of her life at Montpelier and in the world of racing. Montpelier’s natural hedges were used for the steeplechase jumps. Bennifer! The trust intends to try to regain as many of the Madison pieces as possible. Secondly, she married Randolph Scott, an American movie actor, in 1936. See the article in its original context from. But from the standpoint of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which acquired the house in 1984 and has been assessing its qualities, the Madison estate is shaping up as far more. And Montpelier - relatively obscured all these decades by Jefferson's Monticello and Washington's Mount Vernon - promises at last to become the center of an attention it has never really had. (The races are still held every year in November.) The WOW Report for Radio Andy! VIRGINIA'S MONTPELIER: ONE MANSION, TWO PASTS, https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/24/garden/virginia-s-montpelier-one-mansion-two-pasts.html. The eldest daughter of … It acquired Montpelier in October 1984 after a long legal dispute. It may take 20 years, according to Mr. Sanchis. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. WorldCat record id: 49898459 Virginia. George was born in 1898 to a well off family. A great-granddaughter of the founder of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Mrs. Scott grew up at Montpelier. The photo is the only reference to their marriage. It will be opened to visitors next year beginning on the anniversary of Madison's birth, March 16. The Madison furnishings are gone, having been acquired by private owners around the country, and the du Pont furnishings were bequeathed to family members. For a time, she was married to Hollywood actor Randolph Scott. Log in. Marion Scott had additions made to Montpelier for her own use, including wings that brought the total of … She was the last private owner of Montpelier, the mansion and land estate of former United States President James Madison. In short, it is a building within a building, two houses in one, full of architectural complexity. The match probably took place during the late 1930s, while Scott was married to Marion DuPont and living just down the road at Montpelier. Today, a framed black and white photograph of Scott sits on a piano in the Montpelier museum. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. In the 1970's, according to Mr. Sanchis, some preservationists went to the other extreme and advocated ''freezing'' hybrid historical properties in their received condition. Today, a framed black and white photograph of Scott sits on a piano in the Montpelier museum. January 23, 1898– Randolph Scott ... Montpelier, a 55-room mansion that was the ancestral and retirement home of President James Madison. Randolph Scott, 89, the soft-spoken hero of dozens of Western movies during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s who was slow to anger but quick on … Since the ways of researching and restoring the mansion are still being determined, trust officials say they cannot predict the house's condition next March. Montpelier, a horse-country estate in sleepy Orange County, was the plantation home of James Madison, the Father of the Constitution and America's fourth president. Her husband was the Hollywood actor Randolph Scott . Each bit of material in the house -''fabric,'' in the vocabulary of restoration - is to be documented, measured and photographed. Additions by Madison, starting in 1797, brought the structure to an architectural peak in the first quarter of the 19th century. And Shame on Lily James Whoever the F**k She Is”, After Being Outed by the Military, This 20 Year-Old Gay Man Was Beheaded by His Own Family in Iran, #BritAwards: Olly Alexander & Elton John Perform “It’s a Sin” & Bring the House Down (Boots & All!) Significance: Montpelier is situated on land granted by patent in 1723 to Ambrose Madison and his brother-in-law Thomas Chew. The resulting settlement with the du Pont family left the trust with only $2 million of the original endowment. ORCA Media is a community media center serving the greater Montpelier, VT area. To the trust, it is emerging as the object of a new philosophy in the restoration of historic property. Somerville; married 2nd: actor Randolph Scott; d. 1983. "Montpelier," Marion du Pont Scott house, 11395 Constitution Highway, Montpelier, Orange County, Virginia. Ellen! Marion duPont Scott (May 3, 1894 – September 4, 1983) was a philanthropist and a thoroughbred horsebreeder who operated a racing stable for both flat and steeplechase racing. Mrs. Scott noticed Battleship, a son of Man o’ War, at age three and wanted to buy him. Upstairs, she created the "Red Room," a modernist lounge with chrome and white-trimmed red sofas, an Art Deco glass fireplace, and hundreds of photos of her prize-winning horses and jockeys. Owned later by the duPont family (owned when I visited it by Marion duPont Scott, daughter of the family who was married for a time to Randolph Scott. The result is that in some respects, the Montpelier of Madison is largely submerged in that of the du Ponts, who made extensive changes and additions. (University of Virginia). Montpelier, 13480 South Montpelier Road, Montpelier Station, ... Marion DuPont Scott, who completed minor remodeling work to some of the rooms. ''That's contrary to the way most preservation in the last 15 years has gone.'' (He had been best man at her first wedding.) She also continued to build on the estate. They range, for example, from Lyndhurst, the Gothic revival mansion in Tarrytown, N.Y., to Drayton Hall, a Georgian mansion in Charleston, S.C., and the Frank Lloyd Wright house and studio in Oak Park, Ill. Mrs. Scott willed Montpelier to the National Trust, along with a $10 million endowment. From the description of Letter to Hamilton [Sommerville? 1129 North Sweetzer Avenue, West Hollywood - with Randolph Scott (1932) 2177 West Live Oak Drive, Los Feliz - with Randolph Scott (1932 - 1934) An apartment in Colonial House, North Havenhurst - with Virginia Cherrill (1934-1935) As a child growing up in Virginia, he lived a life of privilege. FYI: Montpelier's Moderne Room, to which a couple of you have ascribed 1950s vintage, was actually created in 1936 by Charlottesville architect Milton Grigg and his associate Floyd Johnson. "Willow Gate" LCCN2008680015.jpg Walking through Montpelier then was an eerie experience, since I could see between the laths from room to room to room, as if I were in a ghost house. From the description of Letter to Hamilton [Sommerville? The "du Pont heiress" -- Marion du Pont -- was then newly married to movie star Randolph Scott, and the two wanted a bit of Hollywood nightclub atmosphere in which to entertain Scott… HERE in the Virginia Piedmont, almost in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, there sits a major historical and architectural treasure that has gone largely undiscovered and unappreciated: Montpelier, the majestic 18th-century mansion where James Madison grew up and later honed the concepts that made him the Father of the Constitution. ''We'll go over it with a fine-tooth comb to find changes in fabric, flooring, wall texture, queer little blips that stick out,'' Mr. Sanchis continued. And, he was only 15.2 hands and carried a 17 year old jockey who stood well over 6 feet tall. The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. The revered Hollywood actor was born in Orange, Virginia, and through locally-bred horsemanship and, ahem, being Randolph Scott, came to the attention of Marion du Pont, the owner of James Madison’s Montpelier. They had a longstanding friendship; Scott was born not far from Montpelier, near Mine Run, and attended the Woodberry Forest School. She and her brother established the Montpelier Hunt Races in 1934 and held them on the grounds. The National Trust previously has not had to face that situation, he said, because its earlier acquisitions had no important accretions to contend with. The original brick exterior is now covered by a beige stucco. 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