Butler-McCook Homestead
Butler-McCook Homestead | |
Butler-McCook Homestead | |
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Location | 396 Main St., Hartford, Connecticut |
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Coordinates | 41°45′44″N 72°40′28″W / 41.76222°N 72.67444°WCoordinates: 41°45′44″N 72°40′28″W / 41.76222°N 72.67444°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1782 |
Architect | Weidenman,Jacob |
Website | Butler-McCook House & Garden |
NRHP Reference # | 71000907[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 11, 1971 |
The Butler-McCook Homestead is a historic house museum at 396 Main Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Built in 1782, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1] The house was in one family for two hundred years, and is also notable for gardens designed by Jacob weideman.[2]
Connecticut Landmarks operates the house as a museum known as the Butler-McCook House & Garden. The house reflects two centuries of ownership by one family, with furnishings and decorative items ranging from the Colonial through the Victorian eras. The house also features the Main Street History Center, with exhibits about Hartford's history.
See also
Connecticut Landmarks also operates other historic house museums, including:
- Amasa Day House in Moodus
- Bellamy-Ferriday House and Garden in Bethlehem
- Buttolph-Williams House in Wethersfield
- Hempsted Houses in New London
- Isham-Terry House in Hartford
- Nathan Hale Homestead in Coventry
- Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden in Suffield
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Constance Luyster (September 15, 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Butler-McCook Homestead" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying four photos, from 1969 and 1970
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