Oliver Ellsworth Homestead

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Oliver Ellsworth Homestead
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Location: 778 Palisade Avenue, Windsor, Connecticut
Coordinates: 41°52′39.87″N 72°37′31.02″W / 41.8777417, -72.6252833Coordinates: 41°52′39.87″N 72°37′31.02″W / 41.8777417, -72.6252833
Built/Founded: 1740
Architect: Samuel Denslow; Thomas Hayden
Architectural style(s): Georgian
Designated as NHL: December 20, 1989[1]
Added to NRHP: October 06, 1970[2]
NRHP Reference#: 70000707
Governing body: Private

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 and was the third Chief Justice of the United States.

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[1][3].

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Oliver Ellsworth Homestead. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.
  2. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  3. ^ a b Bruce Clouette (January 18, 1989), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Oliver Ellsworth Homestead / ElmwoodPDF (633 KiB), National Park Service . Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 1967, 1989 and undated.PDF (1.51 MiB)
  4. ^ Oliver Ellsworth Homestead Museum

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