Built 1782 NRHP Reference # 71000907 Area 8,000 m² Added to NRHP 11 March 1971 | Architect Weidenman,Jacob Opened 1782 Phone +1 860-522-1806 | |
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Location 396 Main St., Hartford, Connecticut Website Butler-McCook House & Garden Address 396 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA Similar Bellamy‑Ferriday House and Garden, Isham‑Terry House, Buttolph‑Williams House, Nathan Hale Homestead, Harriet Beecher Stowe Ho | ||
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. The house was in one family for two hundred years, and is also notable for gardens designed by Jacob Weidenmann. One resident of the house was John James McCook, who was a Professor at Trinity College.
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.
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