Hill-Stead Museum
| Hill-Stead Museum | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
| National Historic Landmark | |||
_-_west_facade.JPG) The building seen from the west |
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| location | Farmington , Hartford County , Connecticut . | ||
| Coordinates | 41 ° 43 '19.5 " N , 72 ° 49' 14" W | ||
| Built | 1898-1901 | ||
| architect | Theodate Pope Riddle , McKim Company , Mead, and White | ||
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival | ||
| NRHP number | 91002056 | ||
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| The NRHP added | 17th July 1991 | ||
| Declared as an NHL | 17th July 1991 | ||
The Hill-Stead Museum , often just called Hill-Stead , is a Colonial Revival- style building in Farmington , Hartford County , Connecticut .
On July 17, 1991, it was recognized as a National Historic Landmark and added to the National Register of Historic Places .
history
The building was designed by Theodate Pope Riddle on behalf of her father, Alfred Atmore Pope , before the well-known architecture firm McKim, Mead, and White was brought in to realize the plans. Construction lasted three years from 1898 and the building was completed in 1901.
After the death of her parents, Theodate inherited the house and managed their estates. Theodate also owned buildings that were on the family's premises.
Current time
Today, around 600 square meters of land belong to the museum grounds, most of which were designed by Warren H. Manning . 19 of the 36 rooms in the building are open to visitors.
Inside the premises you can see paintings by Eugène Carrière , Mary Cassatt , Edgar Degas , Édouard Manet , Claude Monet and James McNeill Whistler .
The museum also houses a print and three engravings by Albrecht Dürer , Japanese woodcuts by Katsushika Hokusai , Utagawa Hiroshige and Kitagawa Utamaro , eight bronze sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye , over 13,000 postcards and letters and 2,500 photos in the museum's possession.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hill-Stead in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 1, 2017.
- ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Connecticut. National Park Service , accessed July 20, 2019.
- ↑ The Collection