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Epping Forest (Jacksonville)
Epping Forest (also known as the Alfred I. duPont Estate) was a historic, estate in Jacksonville, Florida where a luxurious riverfront mansion was built in the mid-1920s by industrialist Alfred I. du Pont and his third wife, Jessie Ball du Pont. It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and has been restored to its original grandeur as the home of the ''Epping Forest Yacht Club''. On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed the Epping Forest Yacht Club on its list of ''Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places''.〔(Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places )〕
==du Pont history==
Alfred I. du Pont was originally from Delaware and controlled the famous DuPont Chemical Company with his cousins, Pierre and Coleman. Over the years, their relationship deteriorated to the point where Alfred resigned from the family company in 1917. He created business ventures in Delaware and New York, but in 1925, cousin Pierre was named Delaware's Tax Commissioner. To prevent Pierre from sticking his nose into Alfred’s property holdings and investments, Alfred decided to relocate to Jacksonville, Florida, a city he'd often heard his mother talk about when he was growing up.
Alfred and Jessie became legal residents of Florida and Alfred began a second career pioneering the development of sound banking practices and investing in transportation and the paper industry.
The location Alfred chose for their permanent home was at Christopher Point, the widest spot on the St. Johns River, which provided an excellent area for his favorite pastime, yachting on his beloved ''Nenemoosha'', built in 1922.〔(Epping Forest Yacht Club: Club History )〕
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