Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Harriet Beecher Stowe House
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| Location: | Hartford, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates: | 41°46′1.14″N 72°42′2.81″W / 41.7669833°N 72.7007806°WCoordinates: 41°46′1.14″N 72°42′2.81″W / 41.7669833°N 72.7007806°W |
| Built: | 1871 |
| Architect: | Unknown |
| Architectural style: | Gothic |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 70000710 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | October 6, 1970 |
The Harriet Beecher Stowe House is a historic house in Hartford, Connecticut that was once the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Stowe lived in this house for the last 23 years of her life. The 5,000 sq ft (460 m2) cottage-style house is located next door to the Mark Twain House.
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[edit] The Stowe Center
The house is part of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center which preserves the house and center's collections. The research library includes letters and documents from the family. The house includes original items from the family. In addition to the Stowe House, the historic site includes a 1873 carriage house (the visitor's center) and the Katharine Seymour Day House (1884). The center offers tours of the house.
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[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
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