Alyssa Lozupone researched and produced this publication during her 2013 14 Public Policy Fellowship with The Preservation Society of Newport County in Newport, Rhode Island. The book is a product of her lifelong passion for history, historic preservation, and communicating the value of both to the public. Alyssa is an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania, where she received her MS in Historic Preservation, and holds a BA in Cultural and Historic Preservation from Salve Regina University.