Gwyn Careg

Gwyn Careg
Nearest city Pomfret, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°51′20″N 71°59′52″W / 41.85556°N 71.99778°W / 41.85556; -71.99778Coordinates: 41°51′20″N 71°59′52″W / 41.85556°N 71.99778°W / 41.85556; -71.99778
Area 30 acres (12 ha)
Architect Jackson, William
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference #

94000336

[1]
Added to NRHP April 8, 1994

Gwyn Careg is a historic country estate on Wolf Den Road in the Abington section of Pomfret, Connecticut. It is currently operated as a bed and breakfast. The main house on the property is a two-story brick structure built c. 1760, altered in the late 19th century and again in the 1920s, giving it a Colonial Revival appearance. When the property was developed as a country estate in the 1920s by Eleanor Clark Murray (who gave the property its name), it included significant landscape design by William Jackson, a noted New York City landscape designer. Despite a significant period of neglect in the 20th century, the property has one of the most extensive collections of specimen trees in the state.[2]

The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Gwyn Careg" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-09.


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