- Stephen Tyng Mather Home
Infobox_nrhp | name = Stephen Tyng Mather Home
nrhp_type = nhl
caption =
location= 19 Stephen Mather Road,Darien, Connecticut
locmapin = Connecticut
lat_degrees = 41 | lat_minutes = 6 | lat_seconds = 45 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73 | long_minutes = 28 | long_seconds = 27 | long_direction = W
area =
built = 1778
architect = Deacon Joseph Moses Mather
architecture = No Style Listed
designated =November 27 ,1963 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=664&ResourceType=Building
title=Stephen Tyng Mather Home |accessdate=2007-10-05|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =October 15 ,1966 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum = 66000877Stephen Tyng Mather Home, also known as The Mather Homestead, was the home of
Stephen Tyng Mather , the American industrialist and conservationist, who championed the creation of the National Park Service in 1916 and served as its first director.The house was declared a
National Historic Landmark in 1963.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000877.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Stephen Tyng Mather Home / The Mather Homestead] |428 KB|date=1963 |author=Blanche Higgins Schroer and S. Sydney Bradford |publisher=National Park Service. PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000877.pdf Accompanying 8 photos, exterior, from c.1880 to 1974.] |3.05 MB] It was built in 1778 by his great grandfather, Deacon Mather.It is still owned by his descendants. [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/66000877.nl.pdf NHL Writeup] ]
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