Newport Restoration Foundation

The entire project represents one of the largest preservation efforts undertaken in modern times and is currently led by executive director, Mark Thompson.

Rough Point is a Newport mansion with a collection of European and Asian fine arts with works by Renoir, Thomas Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds, and Sir Anthony Van Dyke.

[5] In 2005 the Foundation assisted in conducting the first dendrochronology survey of tree rings in several early buildings in Rhode Island to determine their construction dates, including the Wilbour-Ellery House.

[6] In addition in 2013, the NRF led an effort to create a new park in Queen Anne's Square by artist and architect Maya Lin, entitled "The Meeting Room".

For example, they held the Keeping History Above Water Conference in an attempt to protect historic properties from being affected by rising sea levels.