Rough Point Museum
Originally designed by Peabody & Stearns Architects in 1887 and later altered by John Russell Pope and Horace Trumbauer, Rough Point is an expansive red sandstone and granite structure at the southern end of Newport, Rhode Island’s Cliff Walk. A unique example of the Gilded Age mansions that populate the Newport coastline, Rough Point was the summer residence of Doris Duke until the 1990s. In 2019, the Newport Restoration Foundation hired DBVW Architects to perform a detailed assessment of the Rough Point building envelope, which had longstanding infiltration issues. Currently, DBVW is overseeing the replacement of Rough Point’s complicated slate and copper roofs and the first phase of a comprehensive exterior masonry restoration. In addition, DBVW is creating a Strategic Stewardship Plan (SSP) aimed at defining and protecting Rough Point’s unique and significant architectural identity.
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Martha is a nationally-recognized expert in the field of historic preservation. She has directed multiple phases of important preservation projects at some of the region’s most treasured landmark buildings. As an advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Martha served on a national Sustainability Task Force focused on strengthening the important relationship between sustainability and historic preservation. Martha serves on the boards of GrowSmart RI and the Historic Preservation Education Foundation. She is a Governor-appointed member of the Capital Center Commission, a member of the RIHPHC review board, and a past-President of AIA/Rhode Island. When Martha is not climbing up steeples or through abandoned buildings, she can be found playing tennis or kayaking on the Narragansett Bay.
Interesting fact:
Martha has dual citizenship in the United States and Switzerland
You may or may not be surprised that:
She is a two-time winner of the Women’s Statewide Squash Championship
2023 - AIA Rhode Island Award for Historic Preservation