DescriptionRYE HOUSE, LITCHFIELD, LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CT.jpg
English: BUILT IN 1910. THE MAIN HOUSE WAS DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT WILSON EYRE; A COTTAGE WAS DESIGNED BY WILDER AND WHITE. THE PROPERTY INCLUDES TUDOR REVIVAL AND BUNGALOW/CRAFTSMAN ARCHITECTURE. RYE HOUSE WAS BUILT FOR ISABELLA DOUGLASS CURTIS (1848-1941), THE WIDOW OF CHARLES BOYD CURTIS, A NEW YORK CITY BANKER AND REAL-ESTATE DEVELOPER WHO HAD AMASSED A SUBSTANTIAL FORTUNE BY THE TIME HE DIED IN 1895. THE HOUSE WAS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE CURTISES’ SUBURBAN ESTATE IN RYE,
REF. # 00000940 THIS HOUSE IS TOUGH TO VIEW OR PHOTOGRAPH. IT SITS HIGH ON A HILL AND IS SURROUNDED BY A FENCE, A LOCKED GATE AND THICK FOLIAGE. HOWEVER A CAMERA CAN BE STUCK THROUGH THE GATE AT ONE POINT AND RESULTS IN THIS PARTIAL PICTURE OF THE HOUSE
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