Domaine de Vert-Mont
3 Avenue Tuck Stell, Rueil-Malmaison, Île-de-France
Built from 1858, for Gustave d'Eichthal (1804-1886), the Greek scholar and ethnologist whose father founded the Eichtel bank in Paris. However, it was most famously associated with the American philanthropists Edward and Julia (Stell) Tuck who made France their permanent home from 1890 and purchased the estate as their country home in 1898, naming it "Vert-Mont" (Green Mount). The estate neighbors the historic Château de Malmaison that was made into a museum dedicated to Napoleon in 1905 and of which Tuck was its greatest benefactor. The original house here had been rebuilt after a fire in 1870 but in about 1900 the Tucks almost entirely rebuilt it to give its present appearance. In 1924, Tuck ceded the estate to his relation Mrs Dorothy Brinley (Morgan) Hall, while allowing him and his wife to remain there until their deaths....
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Dorothy sold the estate to developers in 1954 on the condition that the mansion be used for the public good. It housed several well-intentioned programmes but it was felt it would best be preserved as a Foundation. The 15-acre park was designated National Historic Monument in 1964 and The Tuck Foundation was created in 1990 in partnership with the French Petroleum Institute. Its mission is to better develop, "international cooperation, particularly Franco-American, in terms of education and research in the fields of hydrocarbons, petrochemicals, engines, activities related to them, as well as their effects on the environment”. The domaine is open to the public and is available for events.
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Contributed by Mark Meredith on 19/10/2021 and last updated on 19/10/2021.
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