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Mary French Rockefeller, who worked for years on behalf of the YWCA and donated her family homestead for a national park, died Thursday of injuries from a fall at her home. She was 86. She was 86.
16. Juni 2021 · Mary French Rockefeller, wife of Laurance and granddaughter of Frederick Billings, inherited the house. Her husband added surrounding forests and farmlands to the property, amassing some 500 acres in all. The house, largely because of George Perkins Marsh’s writings and Billings’ support for reforestation, was named a National Historic Landmark in 1967, a first step toward becoming a ...
7. Apr. 2023 · The Billings Mansion remained virtually unchanged until 1954, when Mary Billings French's daughter, Mary French Rockefeller, inherited the home and estate with her husband, Laurance Rockefeller, son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. While the Rockefellers updated rooms and replaced many wallpapers, paints and upholsteries, the house remains an excellent example of the Queen Anne style.
Mary French Rockefeller took ownership of the mansion and grounds that are now Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in 1954. Mary, the...
17. Apr. 1997 · Mary Billings French Rockefeller Birth 1 May 1910. New York, New York County, New York, USA Death 17 Apr 1997 (aged 86) New York, New York County, New York, USA Burial. Rockefeller Family Cemetery. Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New ...
The boyhood home of George Perkins Marsh, one of America's first conservationists, and later the home of Frederick Billings, the property was given to the American people by its most recent owners, Laurance S. and Mary F. Rockefeller. The park was created by an Act of Congress and signed into law by President George Bush on August 26, 1992. Under law, the purposes of the park are as follows:
Marion Rockefeller Weber (born 1938) is the second eldest daughter of Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910–2004) and Mary French (1910–1997) and a fourth generation member of the Rockefeller family. Her paternal great-grandfather is Standard Oil 's founder John D. Rockefeller and maternal great-grandfather is Frederick Billings, a president ...
