- Oliver Ellsworth Homestead
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Oliver Ellsworth Homestead
Location: 778 Palisado Avenue, Windsor, Connecticut Coordinates: 41°52′39.87″N 72°37′31.02″W / 41.8777417°N 72.6252833°WCoordinates: 41°52′39.87″N 72°37′31.02″W / 41.8777417°N 72.6252833°W Built: 1740 Architect: Samuel Denslow; Thomas Hayden Architectural style: Georgian Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 70000707 Significant dates Added to NRHP: October 06, 1970[1] Designated NHL: December 20, 1989[2] Oliver Ellsworth Homestead, also known as Elmwood, was the home of the American lawyer and politician Oliver Ellsworth from 1782 to 1807. The house is in Windsor, Connecticut. Ellsworth (1745–1807) helped draft the United States Constitution, served as the third Chief Justice of the United States and a United States Senator from Connecticut.
The Georgian clapboarded house includes a portico with Tuscan columns supporting a gable roof and two brick chimneys near the gable ends of the wood-shinqled roof. The name Elmwood derives from the thirteen elm trees Ellsworth planted in honor of the thirteen colonies.[3]
Elmwood was visited by two sitting Presidents: George Washington (on October 21, 1789) and John Adams (October 3, 1799). The house was occupied by the Ellsworth family until 1903 when it was given to the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution. The homestead was restored in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s and is now a museum.[4]
The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989[2][3].
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.
- ^ a b "Oliver Ellsworth Homestead". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1002&ResourceType=Building. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
- ^ a b Bruce Clouette (January 18, 1989). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Oliver Ellsworth Homestead / ElmwoodPDF (301 KB). National Park Service. Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 1967, 1989 and undated.PDF (2.55 MB)
- ^ Oliver Ellsworth Homestead Museum
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