National Historic Landmark · house · Farmington, Connecticut

Hill-Stead Museum

Historic house in Connecticut, United States in Farmington, Connecticut. Added to the National Register in 2021, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 2021Theodate Pope Riddle
American Elm at the Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, CT - August 2021American Elm at the Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, CT - July 2019
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 2 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · Hill–Stead Museum

Hill–Stead Museum is a Colonial Revival house and art museum set on a large estate at 35 Mountain Road in Farmington, Connecticut. It is best known for its French Impressionist masterpieces, architecture, and stately grounds. The property was designated a National Historic Landmark as a nationally significant example of Colonial Revival architecture, built in 1901 to designs that were the result of a unique collaboration between Theodate Pope Riddle, one of the United States' first female architects, and the renowned firm of McKim, Mead & White. The house was built for Riddle's father, Alfred Atmore Pope, and the art collection it houses was collected by Pope and Riddle.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address35 Mountain Rd., Farmington, CT
CountyHartford County
ListedFeb 5, 2021
Reference number91002056
ArchitectTheodate Pope Riddle
Type of placehouse, art museum
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places contributing property
Contributing resources8 buildings
StandingYes

Visiting

Open to the public
Address35 Mountain Rd., Farmington, CT
Websitehillstead.org ↗
Coordinates41.72205, -72.82049 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitSpringfield Armory National Historic Site · 29 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyNorthfield Brook Lake Group Shelters 14 mi · Hop Brook Lake Recreation Area 19 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 91002056. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.