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Butler-McCook Homestead
Butler-McCook Homestead
Butler-McCook Homestead is located in Connecticut
Butler-McCook Homestead
Butler-McCook Homestead is located in the United States
Butler-McCook Homestead
Location396 Main St., Hartford, Connecticut
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1782
ArchitectWeidenman,Jacob
WebsiteButler-McCook House & Garden
NRHP reference No.71000907[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 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:

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Constance Luyster (September 15, 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Butler-McCook Homestead". National Park Service. and Accompanying four photos, from 1969 and 1970