cole porter wiki

cole porter won the first ever tony award for best musical and best lyricist with 'kiss me kate' whose lyrics and music he wrote in williamstown

'Cole Porter could be considered the star of this show, and he wrote much of its score at his home in Williamstown where the cast, as it turns out, performed some of his songs in his memory. '

the boston globe says peter davenport purchesed cole porters home on west main street in williamstown in 2004

the ny times says august 17th, 2019 cole porter's homein williamstown is for sale

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'He [peter davenport] has firsthand experience with gardens and views. His mother grew up in Bermuda at the Heron’s Nest estate, which Porter sometimes visited. His paternal great-grandfather was Charles Stewart Mott, founder of General Motors and Mott’s applesauce. With the Flint, Mich., family estate, Applewood, in mind, Davenport planted Delicious, Gala, and Granny Smith apple trees in the orchard at Buxton Hill.'

- from the boston globe article


cole porter's cook may have been our uncle loyd's wife, unless stanley was uncle loyd'sloyd's brother