[CLOSED CAPTIONING HAS BEEN OVIDED BY CARDI'S FURNITURE AND MATTRESSES] ♪ >> THERE IS A COLLECTION OF CHINESE POTTERY RAISING -- RANGING FROM 13 TO THE 18TH CENTURIES.

PORTRAITS ARE HUNG ALONGSIDE BRITISH NOBILITY.

THE WALLS OF EVERY ROOM ARE DECORATED WITH REMARKABLE PAINTINGS AND TAPESTRIES.

AND ALL OF THIS WAS ONCE -- THIS IS TREASURES INSIDE THE MUSEUM.

♪ ♪ >> THIS IS THE CLIFF WALK IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND.

ITS TIMELESS VIEWS LIKE THESE, AS WELL AS THE SALT AIR AND COOL SUMMER BREEZES THAT HAVE ATTRACTED HERE FOR GENERATION.

AND WHERE SO MANY OF THE GILDED AGE BUILT THEIR GRAND VACATION HOMES.

OF ALL OF THE SUMMER COTTAGES ON BELLEVUE AVENUE, PERHAPS NOT HAVE A BETTER VIEW OF THE OCEAN THEN ROUGH POINT.

>> A LOT OF THE HOMES, FURTHER UP BELLEVUE, TRY TO CAPTURE SOME KIND OF EUROPEAN PALACE FEEL.

BURSAE, THE KINDS OF FRENCH PALACES.

-- VERSE I -- VERSAILLE, THE FRENCH PALACE FEEL.

THIS HAS A MORE HOMEY FEEL.

>> IN 1922, THIS HOME WAS PURCHASED BY JAMES V DUKE.

AND THREE YEARS LATER, JAMES PASSED AWAY, LEAVING A SIZABLE ESTATE, INCLUDING ROUGH POINT TO HIS ONLY CHILD, DORIS.

>> IT CREATED TO LOOK LIKE AN ENGLISH MANNER, MOSTLY STONE.

-- AN ENGLISH MANOR.

MOSTLY STONE.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO ERAS OF CONSTRUCTION.

IN THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION THE HOUSE ENDED WHERE THAT CABLE IS.

WHEN THE DUKES CAME IN, THEY EXPANDED THE HOUSE AND CREATED HIS MUSIC ROOM WHICH EXTENDED.

THAT'S WHERE DORIS'S COMING OUT PARTY WAS HELD.

IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY ROOM THAT MOVES OUT ON THE LANDSCAPE.

♪ >> ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU NOTICED WHEN ARRIVING AT ROUGH POINT IS THE SPECTACULAR GROUNDS THAT SURROUND THE HOME.

EACH SHRUB HAS BEEN CAREFULLY SELECTED.

EACH TREE PERFECTLY PLACED.

THE LAWN ALLOWS FOR UNINTERRUPTED VIEWS OF THE OCEAN.

IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, A PAIR OF PLANT STRUCTURES SOMETIMES STEALS THE ATTENTION.

>> OUR GROUNDS CREW HAS CREATED THESE TWO PLANT SCULPTURES.

THEY ARE NOT TOPIARY'S OR BUSHES, WIRE STRUCTURES WITH VARIOUS SUCCULENTS AND OTHER PLANTS THAT LOOK LIKE CANDLES.

THEY ARE POPULAR.

PEOPLE LOVE TO HAVE THEIR PICTURES TAKEN WITH THEM.

THEY ARE ALL OVER INSTAGRAM.

>> THEY ARE HINTED TO THE UNCONVENTIONAL LIFE ONCE LED BY THE HOMES MOST RECENT RESIDENT.

>> THE STORY GOES THAT IN THE 1970'S, DORIS WAS TRYING TO PURCHASE A 70'S OR -- A 737 TO FLY AROUND THE WORLD AND.

THE STORY GOES THAT DURING THE NEGOTIATION SHE SAID FOR THAT PRICE, YOU SHOULD THROW IN TWO CAMELS.

THE GUY SAID YES AND SHE PURCHASED THE PLANE.

SHE PURCHASED TWO CAMELS AFTER HE WOULD NOT GIVE THEM TO IT AND SHE FILLED THOSE CAMELS BACK -- SHE BUILD -- BILLED THOSE CAMELS BACK TO HIM.

THEY WERE PRINCESS AND BABY, THEY WERE HERE ON THE LAWN, THERE WAS A TENT ON THE TERRACE WHERE THEY COULD HANG OUT.

TO RECOGNIZE PRINCESS AND BABY'S PRESENCE, A BOARD MEMBER HELPED US CREATE THESE TWO CAMEL PLANT SCULPTURES.

♪ >> ROUGH POINT DOES NOT DEFINE DORIS DUKE, BUT THE ART DOES SHED LIGHT ON WHO SHE WAS.

SHE AMASSED A COAT -- A COLLECTION THAT REFLECTED HER APPRECIATION OF DIFFERENT CULTURES SHE ENCOUNTERED WHILE TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD.

TODAY, THE NEWPORT RESTORATION FOUNDATION HAS PRESERVED ROUGH POINT AS A MUSEUM.

GIVING THE VISITOR A CHANCE TO EXPLORE ONE OF NEWPORT'S MOST ECCENTRIC RESIDENCE -- RESIDENTS.

>> SHE WOULD SPEND ABOUT SIX MONTHS THE YEAR HERE.

IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO NEWPORT YOU PROBABLY THINK ABOUT THE BIG 19TH-CENTURY MANSIONS, THE BREAKERS, OTHER MATCH THEY REALLY LOOK -- THE OTHER MANSIONS OWNED BY THE PRESERVATION SITE.

THEY REALLY LOOK AT WHEN THESE ROBBER BARON FAMILIES LIVED IN THESE HOMES.

WE FOCUS ON DORIS DUKE'S TENURE, WHICH WAS FROM THE LATE 50'S INTO THE 90'S.

THIS PLACE FEELS HOLIER -- HOMIER.

IT'S MORE LIVED IN.

YOU SEE UNBELIEVABLE BEAUTIFUL BRITISH PORTRAITURE, 17TH-CENTURY TEXTILES, CHINESE POTTERY.

BUT ALSO DUST BUSTER, A MICROWAVE, AND 1980'S TELEPHONE SYSTEM.

THIS IS WHERE THE 1880'S AND THE 1990'S MEET.

THAT MAKES US SPECIAL.

>> ONE OF THE FIRST ROOMS VISITORS ENCOUNTER IS THE GREAT HALL.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST SPACE AS A MUSEUM VISITOR WHERE YOU WALK IN.

YOU COULD FEEL A SENSE OF INSPIRATION.

IT WAS MEANT TO INSPIRE A SENSE OF AWE AND MAKE YOU LOOK UP.

WHEN THE DUKES PURCHASED THE HOUSE, THEY DECIDED TO HIRE THE ARCHITECT TO RENOVATE THE LARGE SPACE AND ADAPT IT TO THEIR USES AND NEEDS.

ONE THING THEY DID WAS TO LOWER THE CEILING.

THEY ADDED THIS BEAUTIFUL PLASTER CEILING.

THIS BECAME THE SPACE FOR THE DUKES TO SHOW OFF THEIR ART COLLECTION.

WE THINK THE WALLS WERE DESIGNED TO SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TAPESTRIES IN THIS ROOM.

MR. DUKE PURCHASED THEM IN 1925 AND THEY FIT PERFECTLY.

THESE TAPESTRIES, LIKE MANY IN THE HOUSE, WERE FLEMISH TAPESTRIES.

THESE DATE TO ABOUT 1510.

THEY SHOW SCENES OF EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE COURTLY LIFE.

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN TYPICAL FOR FAMILIES LIKE THE DUKES WHO WERE NEWLY WEALTHY.

THEY DID NOT HAVE THIS LONG TRADITION OF INHERITING OBJECTS FROM THEIR ANCESTORS OR PREDECESSORS.

IT WAS VERY TYPICAL FOR THEM TO COLLECT THESE OBJECTS WHICH SHOWED OFF THEIR WEALTH AND THEIR TASTE AND THIS IDEA WHERE THEY HAD THIS SOPHISTICATED CULTURE.

YOU WILL SEE IN THIS ROOM, IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE SOME EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ART OBJECTS, SOME ENGLISH MASTERS.

ALSO SOME CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN.

THIS WAS ALL SHOWING THIS ECLECTIC MIXTURE OF TASTE AND STYLES.

♪ >> A FEW OF THE PIECES WOULD HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED BY DORIS'S PARENTS.

THERE WERE SOME THAT SHE ACQUIRED TO ADD TO THE COLLECTION IN THE 20TH CENTURY.

HER TASTE DEVELOPED AS HER INTEREST IN EASTERN ART AND SPIRITUALISM DEVELOPED.

♪ >> I JUST THINK, IN GENERAL, THERE ARE THESE BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS.

THERE'S A PAINTING OVER HERE WHICH IS AN ANTHONY VAN DYCK PAINTING OF THE EARLY NEWPORT -- THE EARL OF NEWPORT.

SHE ACQUIRED THIS PAINTING AND SHE PUT IT UP IN DIALOGUE WITH OTHER PAINTINGS THAT HER FATHER COLLECTED.

YOU COULD LOOK AT THE COLLECTION AND SAY IT'S TO HER PARENTS TASTE BECAUSE SHE ADDED TO IT AND EXPANDED, BUT SHE CAP DID IN LINE WITH THE OVERALL SENSE AND FEEL OF HER FATHERS AND MOTHERS COLLECTION -- OF HER FATHER'S AND MOTHER'S COLLECTION.

>> ROUGH POINT IS A PLACE WHERE MEMORIES HAVE BEEN ELECTED.

EACH CANVAS, TAPESTRY, PEACE AND THE GREAT HALL, HAS A STORY TO GO WITH IT.

INCLUDING THIS SPANISH CURIOSITY CABINET FROM THE LATE 1600S THAT DORIS ADDED IN THE 1970'S.

>> THIS WAS A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO DISPLAY AND ORGANIZE AND MAKE SENSE OF THE WORLD.

YOU COULD PUT SPECIMENS FROM THE NATURAL WORLD, AND WONDERFUL AND CURIOUS OBJECTS.

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, THESE ARE DRAWER POLES.

THESE ARE ALL THE FRONTS OF DRAWERS.

IT REALLY INVITES YOU TO OPEN THEM UP AND DISCOVER WHAT'S INSIDE.

THIS IS MEANT TO PIQUE YOUR CURIOSITY.

THERE IS A SPACE HERE THAT HAS THESE MIRRORS.

THAT'S A WAY FOR YOU TO DISPLAY A SPECIAL OBJECT.

YOU COULD SEE IT REFLECTED FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE ASK VISITORS IS WHAT MIGHT YOU KEEP IN A CURIOSITY CABINET?

WHAT MIGHT YOU KEEP IN A SECRET DRAWER?

WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS PIECE IS THAT IT'S A MINIATURE MUSEUM.

THIS IS A WAY FOR MODERN MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES TO ARRANGE, DISPLAY, AND MAKE SENSE OF THE WORLD.

MUCH LIKE WE DO WITH MUSEUMS TODAY.

SO DORIS HAS THIS CURIOSITY CABINET OR MANY MUSEUM IN THE GREAT HALL.

THAT'S WHERE SHE COULD SHOW OFF HER ART COLLECTION AND HER COLLECTION.

>> THE YELLOW ROOM, LIKE MOST OF ROUGH POINT, STILL LOOKS PRETTY MUCH LIKE DORIS DUKE LEFT IT.

BUT IT MIGHT BE THE MUSIC COMING FROM THE NEXT ROOM OVER THAT DREW HER ATTENTION.

>> WE ARE IN THE MUSIC ROOM, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE BALLROOM.

THIS IS PART OF THE EXPANSION THAT DORIS DUKE'S PARENTS PUT ON.

THEY FELT THIS SPACE DID NOT HAVE AN ADEQUATE ENTERTAINING AREA.

SO THEY ADDED THIS ON TO THE HOUSE.

IN THE LATE 1950'S, DORIS DUKE IS REALLY MAKING ROUGH POINT INTO HER OWN SPACE.

SHE COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED IT.

THE TWO BIGGEST THINGS IN THE ROOM ARE THE WALLPAPER PANELS WHICH ARE TWO DIFFERENT SERIES OF HAND-PAINTED CHINESE WALLPAPER THAT DORIS PURCHASES AT AUCTION AT 1958 AND 1959.

SHE COMBINES THAT AESTHETIC OF THE CHINESE WALLPAPER WITH THE CHINESE EXPORTS FROM HER FATHERS AND MOTHERS COLLECTION.

THERE'S ALSO LOTS OF INTERESTING FRENCH FURNITURE IN THIS AREA.

THERE IS A SET OF 13 CHAIRS AND A SETTEE THAT FEATURES TAPESTRY UPHOLSTERY.

WHICH ALSO FEATURES AESOP'S FABLES.

THAT'S FROM HER PARENTS COLLECTION.

THIS ROOM WAS ROOMED -- THIS ROOM WAS USED BY DORIS DUKE.

SHE'S DIFFERENT MUSIC AND HAD PEOPLE OVER TO PLAY ON THE STEINWAY.

BY THE FRONT AREA IS A SHOWPIECE IN THE AREA TO THE FAR END IS REALLY MORE OF A CONVERSATIONAL FIREPLACE CHIT CHAT ZONE.

♪ >> SHE DID PRACTICE PIANO EVERY DAY.

SHE WAS VERY DEDICATED TO THAT.

♪ >> DORIS DUKE WAS A CLASSICALLY TRAINED PIANIST PRAYED SHE LOVED JAZZ.

SHE WOULD TAKE LESSONS FOR JAZZ AND CLASSICAL PEER THEIR TWO PIANOS, ONE IN THIS ROOM, THE STEINWAY.

THE STAFF STORIES THAT WE HAVE IS THAT AFTER MANY OF THE JAZZ FESTIVALS IN THE 50'S AND 60'S, A LOT OF MUSICIANS WOULD COME BACK HERE.

WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHO THOSE PEOPLE WERE.

BUT A LOT OF THE DATES WHERE SHE WAS IN NEWPORT DURING THE JAZZ FESTIVAL AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE FAMED TO HAVE BEEN HERE ARE LIKE ART SIMMONS AND THEY DO MATCHUP.

IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE HE PLAYED HERE.

THIS WAS HER SPACE FOR ENJOYING MUSIC LIKE THAT.

>> THE SPECTACULAR VIEWS IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE ASSETS.

THE NEARBY OCEANS ALSO PREVENT -- PRESENT CHALLENGES.

>> THIS IS THE ULTIMATE OBJECT, THE THING WE CARE FOR THE MOST.

AS WITH ANY HOME, WATER AND WEIRD THINGS HAPPEN.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING SURE THAT THE WATER NO LONGER FINDS ITS WAY IN IN STRANGE WAYS.

THOUGH I IMAGINE WITH THE OCEAN BEING THE WILD MR. REED IS, FOR YEARS TO COME WE WILL FIGURE THIS OUT.

>> ONE EXAMPLE IS HERE IN THE MUSIC ROOM.

>> WALLPAPER PANELS ARE ON TOP OF THE BOARD.

THOSE ARE ADHERED TO THE WALL.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THE WALL ON THE FAR CORNER IS AT THE WATER BECAUSE THIS IS SOUTH FACING.

THE WATER HAS STARTED TO GET BEHIND THE SANDSTONE AND THE GRANITE AND CREATED AN ISSUE.

THE PANEL IS AT CONSERVATION.

THERE IS A TEAR TO BE REPAIRED.

♪ >> LIKE ANY MUSEUM, CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION, AND RESTORATION IS AN ONGOING PROCESS AND TAKES MANY FORMS.

THIS WALLPAPER IN THE UPSTAIRS HALLWAY WAS ADDED BY DORIS DUKE IN THE 1960'S.

TODAY, PAINT IS CAREFULLY BEING ADDED TO REPAIR SOME OF THE DAMAGE THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER TIME.

IT'S A DELICATE PROCESS WHICH TAKES YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND A STEADY HAND.

>> THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF THE HOUSE IS QUITE CHALLENGING.

IT COULD BE A JIGSAW PUZZLE BECAUSE HE COULD FIND OUT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG AND WHEN YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED, YOU UNCOVER ANOTHER SET OF PROBLEMS TO FIGURE OUT BEFORE YOU FIX WHAT YOU FIRST STARTED.

>> WE ARE ALWAYS WORKING TO PRESERVE AND CONSERVE THE PIECES THAT WE HAVE.

HERE AT ROCK POINT -- HERE AT ROUGH POINT WE DO A LOT OF WORK TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY OF DORIS DUKE.

>> THAT LEGACY IS BEING PRESERVED, IN PART, IN A GALLERY THAT HAS BEEN SET UP AND LED ROUGH POINT.

-- INSIDE ROUGH POINT.

IT'S A SPACE THAT ENABLES CURATORS TO EXHIBIT OTHER TREASURES, LIKE RARE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM DORIS DUKE'S PERSONAL COLLECTIONS.

♪ >> SHE WAS SOMEONE WHO ATTRACTED A LOT OF ATTENTION AND INTRIGUE.

AND THE SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS OFFER INSIGHT INTO HER LIFE.

♪ >> HERE AT ROUGH POINT, THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN A SPECIFIC ENGLISH MANOR STYLE.

THE ART REALLY REFLECTS THAT.

MOST OF WHAT'S HERE ARE ENGLISH PORTRAITS.

MOSTLY DONE BY OLD MASTERS PRE-REHAB PAINTINGS BY SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK, BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.

MANY ARE OF BRITISH NOBILITY AND ROYALTY.

VERY MUCH IN REFLECTION OF THE HOUSE ITSELF.

WHEN THE DUKE'S CAME TO THE HOUSE IN THE 1920'S AND THEY MADE LOTS OF RENOVATIONS TO IT, THEY DID MODERNIZE IT A BIT AND OPEN IT UP AND MAKE IT BRIGHTER.

IN THE STAIR HALL THEY OPENED THIS UP QUITE A BIT.

THEY MADE HER MORE GRAND STAIRCASE.

MADE IT A MORE GRAND STAIRCASE.

THEY ALSO ADDED THIS STAINED GLASS WITH THE COATS OF ARMS OF THE MAGNA CARTA SIGNERS AND THE DATE OF THE MAGNA CARTA AS WELL AND THE MORE DIRECT REPRESENTATION OF THAT BRITISH NOBILITY AND MANOR HOUSE.

IN THE STAIR HALL WE HAVE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BRITISH NOBILITY IN OUR COLLECTION.

THE MARCHES WELLESLEY -- THE MARTIUS --MARCHESS WELLESLEY, THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH AND THE PAINTING OF A LITTLE BOY WHO GREW UP TO BE KING CHARLES THE SECOND.

AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS AMONG THE BRITISH NOBILITY ARE THE FAMILY PORTRAITS OF THE DUKE'S.

THESE ARE THE ONLY PORTRAITS THAT WE HAVE OF THE DUKE FAMILY IN THE HOUSE.

THEY ARE BOLDLY HUNG AMONG BRITISH NOBILITY AND BRITISH ROYALTY IS A CLEAR STATEMENT THAT PUTS THE DUKE FAMILY AT THE SAME LEVEL OF BRITISH ARISTOCRACY.

>> THE PORTRAIT OF DORIS'S MOTHER WAS PAINTED AROUND 1907, AT THE TIME SHE MARRIED JAMES BUCHANAN DUKE.

DORIS WAS 1920 -- DORIS WAS PAINTED AT 11, IN 1923.

>> HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER MOTHER OFTEN CASTS HER MOTHER AS THE VILLAIN IN THE STORY, THAT'S NOT REALLY A FAIR ASSESSMENT.

SHE WAS FROM A PROMINENT FAMILY IN ATLANTA, THE HOLT FAMILY.

SHE GREW UP IN GENTEEL SOCIETY IN POST-CIVIL WAR SOUTH.

SHE MADE A VERY GOOD MARRIAGE TO A MAN NAMED WILLIAM INMAN IN ATLANTA.

THEY HAD A SON, WILLIAM DIED AND LEFT HER WIDOWED.

SHE MET JAMES DUKE AND MARRIED HIM, AND EVEN MORE AVID CHANGES -- AND EVEN MORE ADVANTAGEOUS MARRIAGE.

>> DORIS DUKE KEPT HER MOST PERSONAL TREASURES UPSTAIRS.

>> IN COMPARISON TO THE REST OF THE HOUSE, A SHOWPIECE OF ART AND COLLECTIONS, THIS IS THE MOST PERSONAL SPACE.

>> MY FAVORITE ROOM IS DORIS DUKE'S BEDROOM.

SO MANY OTHER ROOMS ARE A COMBINATION OF THE COLLECTED TASTE OF HER PARENTS AND DORIS.

BUT DORIS'S BEDROOM IS ALL HER OWN.

IT'S A REMARKABLE SPACE WITH INCREDIBLE BURSTS OF COLOR AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL.

IT'S THIS VIBRANT SPACE WHICH I THINK SPEAKS TO HER PERSONALITY.

>> WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT AS SHE STARTS COMING TO ROUGH POINT MORE AND MAKING THE SPACE HERS, SHE IS VERY DELIBERATE IN THE PIECES THAT SHE DIES.

THEY ARE FOR THIS SPACE.

>> PROBABLY THE MOST PROMINENT THINGS ARE THE MOTHER-OF-PEARL SECRETARY DESK.

WHICH SHE PURCHASED FOR THIS HOUSE.

SHE ORIGINALLY PURCHASED IT THINKING IT WAS FROM INDIA BUT FURTHER RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS SHOWS IT'S FROM 19TH-CENTURY PERU.

IT'S MOTHER-OF-PEARL, TORTOISESHELL, ROSEWOOD, AND IVORY.

IT'S A REMARKABLE PIECE.

WE THINK SHE USED IT FOR WRITING LETTERS AND BUSINESS.

THE OTHER MOTHER-OF-PEARL IS THIS SET OF CHAIRS, THE CITY -- SETTEE, MADE BY AN AUSTRIAN FURNITURE MAKER ORIGINALLY FOR THE KING OF SPAIN.

DORIS PURCHASED THEM FROM THE ESTATE OF THE COSMETICS FOUNDER HELENA RUBENSTEIN.

>> IN ADDITION TO THE FINE FURNITURE AND SILK CURTAINS, DORIS DUKE SURROUNDED HERSELF WITH SMALLER PIECES IN HER BEDROOM READ SOME OF THESE ARE FROM HER TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD.

OTHERS ARE FROM NEWPORT AND HER CHILDHOOD.

THIS SET OF SMALL TROPHIES IS SOMETHING SHE KEPT IN HER WRITING DESK, INCLUDING BEING RECOGNIZED FOR WINNING A SAND MODELING CONTEST.

ANOTHER FOR A TENNIS SINGLES MATCH.

>> I LOVE THE DORIS DUKE KEPT TROPHIES FROM HER CHILDHOOD.

WE THINK THAT'S A SWEET NOTE.

>> THE ONLY PIECE OF FINE ART IS ALSO THE ONLY FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST PIECE, THE RENOIR ABOVE THE FIREPLACE.

SHE PURCHASED IT FOR THIS EITHER FRENCH TRANSLATION TO ENGLISH IS A BLONDE GIRL SEWING.

WE LIKE TO THINK THAT SHE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING PRETTY THAT REMINDED HER OF HERSELF.

BUT IT'S UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE WE HAVE.

>> AMONG THE OTHER ROOMS ARE THE MORNING ROOM, AND A DINING ROOM, COMPLETE WITH A FRENCH TAPESTRY AND PIECES FROM DORIS DUKE'S ASIAN CERAMICS COLLECTION.

>> ONE OF THE THING THAT DISTINGUISHES ROUGH POINT IS THAT YOU FIND KITCHEN PREP ON THE SAME FLOOR AS ENTERTAINING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DID TO DISTANCE THE SMELLS AND SOUNDS OF THE KITCHEN WAS DECREED A BUTLER'S PANTRY BETWEEN THE KITCHEN AND THE DINING ROOM.

SO YOU HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL KITCHEN WITH AN INCREDIBLE VIEW OF THE OCEAN.

NEXT TO THAT IS A BUTLER'S PANTRY WHERE THE FOOD WOULD BE PLATED AND BROUGHT OUT TO GUESTS.

>> ON THE BACKSIDE AS A SOLARIUM THAT FEELS VERY LIVED IN.

BUT THE REAL TREASURE IS THE VIEW.

♪ >> THERE ARE 21 ROOMS AND ROUGH POINT.

WHAT WE ARE STANDING IN NOW IS MY FAVORITE ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

THE SOLARIUM.

THE SOLARIUM IS AN EXTENSION CREATED BY HORSE TOM BALLER -- CREATED BY THE ARCHITECT WHICH TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE VIEW.

IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VIEW THAT I CAN THINK OF ANYWHERE.

JUST THE 270 DEGREE VIEW OF THE OCEAN IS REALLY QUITE BEAUTIFUL.

♪ >> ONE OF THE OTHER THING THE SOLARIUM IS NOTABLE FOR IS THAT IT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE PRINCESS AND BABY, THE CAMELS, WOULD SPEND SOME OF THEIR DAY IN THE SUMMER.

THE TERRACE NEXT TO ME HAD ATTEND OR THEY WOULD GO WHEN THEY WOULD HAVE FOOD -- A TENT WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE FOOD AND WATER.

AND THERE WAS ONE HURRICANE WHERE THEY MOVED ALL OF THE FURNITURE OUT OF THIS ROOM AND PUT HAY ON THE FLOOR AND BOARDED UP THE WINDOWS AND THE CAMELS RODE OUT THE HURRICANE HERE, IN THIS ROOM.

>> I REALLY ENJOY THIS VERY BRITISH AND TRADITIONAL STYLED HOUSE, THERE ARE THESE STRANGE ELEMENTS OF OTHER DECOR.

ESPECIALLY ASIAN POTTERY, ASIAN CERAMICS.

THAT'S A REFLECTION OF DORIS DUKE AND THE IDEA THAT SHE PUT THINGS IN THE HOUSE THAT SHE JUST ENJOYED AND SHE FOUND BE INTERESTING.

SHE USED HER HOUSE AS A HOUSE.

IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A VERY STYLED THING.

IT'S HER HOME.

THE MING DYNASTY PIECES SCATTERED THROUGH THE HOUSE, THE SONG DYNASTY JAR INTHE DINING ROOM IS THE OLDEST THING IN THE HOUSE.

IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL IF YOU CAN GET CLOSE TO IT AND SEE.

>> ALL TOLD, THE TREASURES AMOUNT TO A COMBINATION OF WHAT DORIS DUKE INHERITED, WHICH SHE COLLECTED THROUGH HER LIFETIME, AND THE STORY SHE LEFT BEHIND.

IN OCTOBER OF 1993, DORIS DUKE PASSED AWAY, LEAVING ROUGH PORT TO THE NEWPORT RESTORATION FOUNDATION.

AN ORGANIZATION SHE FOUNDED 25 YES EARLIER.

TODAY, THE HOME IS THE CROWN JEWEL OF THE NEWPORT RESTORATION FOUNDATION.

THEIR MISSION HAS BEEN TO SAVE THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY HOMES AND PRESERVE THE CITY'S ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE.

THEY ALSO OPERATE TWO MUSEUMS, INCLUDING ROUGH POINT, WHERE DORIS'S LOVE AND APPRECIATION OF FINE ART LIVES ON.

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