The donation represents the conservancy's fourth-largest land tract and one of the largest single tracts of preserved land north of Wilmington, DE.
Founded to preserve and protect American artistic, natural and historic resources, principally in the Brandywine region, the conservancy has similar easements on approximately 37,000 acres in the rapidly developing Brandywine Valley.
Located on Route 52, six miles northwest of Wilmington, DE and about 50 minutes south of Philadelphia, Winterthur is supported by a $321-million endowment along with museum membership, tours and licensing agreements with companies that manufacture reproduction furnishings and other products. It has an annual operating budget of $23 million.
The estate once encompassed 2,600 acres, 1,600 of which were sold or bequeathed by du Pont, who died in 1969.
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