Tregaron
Organization
Biography
Tregaron was the estate at which Marjorie Merriweather Post and Joseph E. Davies lived from 1940-1955. It was located in Washington D.C. and originally owned by James Parmelee, a Cleveland financier, who hired Charles Adams Platt to design the house.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Earl Loy Collection
Collection
Identifier: FA-2-EL
Scope and Contents
Various newspaper and magazine clippings about Dina Merrill’s marriages, the death of David Post Rumbough (Dina Merrill’s son), Marjorie Durant’s (Marwee's) wedding, Sea Cloud, Hillwood, Mrs. Post, her family, boyfriends, and death, Mar-A-Lago, Topridge, Christmas cards, Emlen Knight Davies, Herbert May, Joseph E. Davies, and Tregaron. The collection also includes photographs of the Post family, Hillwood and its gardens, and the retirement party for general manager Commander Clyde B. Ault in...
Dates:
circa 1850-1990
Inventory and Appraisal Collection
Collection
Identifier: FA-27-IVAP
Marjorie Merriweather Post Collection
Collection
Identifier: FA-6-MMP
Scope and Contents
The Marjorie Merriweather Post collection consists of materials created by Marjorie Post or those created as a result of activities during her lifetime. Materials were added to the collection on a regular basis as they arrived at Hillwood via gift or donation. Formats include textual documents, photographs and photograph albums, publications, 16mm films, architectural drawings and blueprints, object catalogues, awards and certificates, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, cards,...
Dates:
1887-1973