Roseland Cottage

USA / Connecticut / South Woodstock / Worcester Turnpike (CT-169), 555
 NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Gothic revival (architecture), 1840s construction, historic house museum, U.S. National Historic Landmark
Built in 1846 in Woodstock as a summer home for Henry Chandler Bowen. He had grown up in the town, but later went to Brooklyn, NY and became a wealthy dry goods merchant. He was also an abolitionist and Republican, who hosted famous Fourth of July celebrations on his property, which included such guests as Ulysses S. Grant (who had to endure Bowen’s teetotaling). The Gothic Revival house and the grounds, which include a boxwood garden, reflect the ideas of Andrew Jackson Downing (as presented in such books as The Architecture of Country Houses) on rural dwellings and country landscaping. The house is now a museum administered by Historic New England.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseland_Cottage
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Coordinates:   41°56'56"N   71°58'34"W
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