washington ct house tour

Opening Day is Friday, April 19

VISIT HOLLISTER HOUSE

The garden opens for the season on F riday, April 19, 2024.

Visiting Hours

Wednesdays 1-4 pm

Fridays 1- 4 pm

Saturdays 10 am -4 pm

Admission $10 

Become a member and enjoy unlimited free admission 

BEFORE YOU VISIT

Group Visits

We welcome garden clubs and other interested groups by appointment for informally guided tours during the season on Tuesday morning and afternoon and on Thursday and Friday mornings.

Click  here  for the Hollister House Garden Tour Agreement or email your inquiry to:  [email protected]

Directions – Our address is 300 Nettleton Hollow Road Washington, CT 06793

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TROY SCOTT SMITH Kent, UK

Troy Scott Smith was born in Yorkshire into a family of committed naturalists and spent his childhood exploring the geology and flora of the National Parks of England. He began his gardening at a young age, quickly developing a style of relaxed planting that mixed native wildings together with exotics.  Today his planting continues to ‘bend the rules’ and is a constant source of inspiration for thousands.

In 1990, after a total of 5 years studying horticulture and design, Troy joined the National Trust, Europe’s largest Conservation Charity, with over 220 historic gardens spanning the entire range of garden styles and periods.

In the years since Troy has led the gardens at The Courts, Bodnant and Sissinghurst, where he has been Head Gardener for the last 10 years.

Troy now combines his work at Sissinghurst with a broader remit for the charity, including an advisory role at Munstead Wood, fund raising and considering the longer-term impact of visitation and climate change on historic gardens, as well as writing, teaching, lecturing, design, and consultancy.

Troy has recently taken on a small farm back in his home county of Yorkshire, where he continues to gently experiment, laying down sustainable planting for the future.

LISA ZURLES Education Manager

Lisa Zurles started talking to plants at a young age while working at her family’s daylily farm. She now runs that farm and looks forward to her summers covered in dirt. Lisa holds a master’s degree in comparative philosophy from the University of Hawaii where she also learned to surf and garden with tropicals. Lisa brings teaching experience ranging from university level lecturing to individual garden coaching and everything in between. She is currently pursuing an advanced certificate in Native Plant Studies with the Native Plant Trust in Framingham, MA and is a cohort in Connecticut’s Master Woodland Manager Program. 

MO CARLETON ​Development Manager

Mo is a seasoned non-profit professional with expertise in fundraising, communications, and marketing. As Development Manager for Hollister House, she works to strengthen the membership and fundraising aspects of the Garden by getting to know what its visitors, donors, and members love and value about the Garden. She also maintains accurate financial records and provides reports to the Executive Director and Board as requested.

Before joining Hollister House Garden, Mo was the Director of Advancement at Ridgefield Academy, where she led marketing, communications, and fundraising programs to build the school’s revenue and reputation.

Mo holds a BA in Psychology from Clark University and a Master of Social Work from the University of Connecticut, where she majored in Policy and Planning.

Mo is an Ironman triathlete, trail runner, beekeeper, show-shoe racer, and furniture rehabber who is equally happy creating annual fundraising plans as she is riding her bike or playing with her two rescue dogs, Loki and Cady.

ELISABETH CARY Sheffield, MA

Elisabeth Cary is the founder and owner of Cooper Hill Flower Farm, a micro flower farm in Sheffield, MA. where she grows a variety of annuals and perennials specifically for cutting and making beautiful and natural arrangements. During the season Elisabeth sells these arrangements from a shed at the base of the driveway along with 6 packs of beautiful annuals that she grows from seed. Elisabeth started this business six years ago after a 20-year career as the Director of Education at Berkshire Botanical Garden.

Elisabeth has been gardening for over 30 years and she and her husband have created a garden that offers a display of distinctive woody plants and a series of perennial beds that have grown and evolved over the years. The gardens are framed by remarkable trees; tall, clipped quinces, big-leaf magnolias, hedges of beech and hornbeam and offers spectacular western views of the Taconic range.

Elisabeth has served on the Education Committee at Hollister House Garden since 2017 and has presented 3 successful and well-attended Barn Talks. She was elected to the Board of Directors in 2022 and serves on the Education and Communication Committees.

LINDA LEVIN Visitor Experience Manager

Linda Levin, a long time Litchfield County resident, has been part of the Hollister House Team since 2015.    Starting as a docent, she later developed programs for barn talks and lectures, and helped with fundraising for our yearly Garden Study Symposium.  This season she is returning to her love of greeting Hollister’s visitors and making sure their visit to the garden is both enjoyable and interesting. She manages the wonderful community of devoted Hollister House Garden Volunteers.

A graduate of University of Massachusetts with a degree in Plant and Soil Sciences, Linda has a wealth of experience sharing her love of the outdoors with people as a volunteer and an educator. She has designed and taught in a children’s learning garden for an elementary school in West Hartford, taught at The New York Botanical Garden Children’s Garden, worked as a Garden Advisor at White Flower Farm, and is an active member of the Litchfield County garden community.  Her horticultural interests are in the relationship between native plant species and specific pollinators and how they are adapting to climate change.

Most days you can find Linda in either one of two places, at the Hollister House Garden meeting old and new friends or working on her own lovely garden in Warren, Connecticut.

ANNE FENTON Program Administrator​

Anne graduated from Wesleyan University with a BA from the interdisciplinary program College of Letters and earned her MA in Classics from St. John’s College. For eight years, she directed a cultural immersion program for high school students in Nice, France. More recently, she served as the Director of Summer Programs and later the Director of Operations at Berkeley Carroll, an independent school in Brooklyn. Anne co-founded the non-profit organization Sustainable Learning in 2012, and currently serves as its board president. She has traveled abroad extensively and has studied gardening and farming in both North and South America. Anne lives in Roxbury with her husband, two children and eight chickens. 

KRISTA ADAMS Head Gardener

Krista Adams has been gardening at Hollister House Garden since 2007. She holds a degree in Biology and has been cultivating her craft as a gardener for over 20 years. Krista pursues all of her passions with deep devotion and boundless enthusiasm.

PAMELA MOFFETT Executive Director

Pamela Moffett came to Hollister House Garden in 2010 as a volunteer in the welcome shed following a long career in the fashion industry. In 2012 she began working on planning events for the garden, which ultimately led to her current position.  She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and an energetic weekend gardener who constantly finds inspiration at Hollister House Garden.

MARCO POLO STUFANO Bronx, NY

Mr. Stufano is the Founding Director of Horticulture of Wave Hill a position he held for thirty-four years. He holds a B.A. from Brown University; studied landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of The School of Professional Horticulture of The New York Botanical Garden. He was awarded The Scott Medal of the Swarthmore College Arboretum, the Garden Club of America’s Distinguished Service Award, The Thomas Roland Medal of The Massachusetts Horticultural Society and The Distinguished Achievement Medal of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 

STEPHEN ORR Des Moines, IA​

Stephen Orr has worked inside many of the media industry’s most recognizable brands,  He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Better Homes and Gardens. Prior to joining Meredith, Orr most recently held the position of Executive Editor of Conde Nast Traveler and as VP/Editorial Director for Martha Stewart Living . Orr is also the author of several books, including  Tomorrow’s Garden  and   The New American Herbal.

BETSY MANNING Washington, CT

A founding member of the HHG Board of Directors, Betsy holds a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan and a master’s degree from the Kennedy School at Harvard.  She worked in Hartford and New Haven in government housing policy, development and finance.  Starting as a child and continuing to her first real garden in Litchfield County, gardening has always been the thread that ties her life together, and the spark that makes her eager to greet each new day.

GERALD INCANDELA Summerland, CA

Born in Tunisia, Gerald Incandela lived throughout Europe photographing architecture and art until 1977, when he moved to New York City. An artist whose work is  held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Getty Museum, among other public collections,  Gerald’s artistic eye has complemented George’s vision in reclaiming the surrounding landscapes of Hollister House Garden.

BUNNY WILLIAMS Falls Village, CT

Bunny Williams is a designer with a modern vision, a sense of history, and the confidence to take the unexpected path. Both a trailblazer and a tastemaker, Williams’ style is classic, but never predictable.

Bunny Williams Inc., the interior design arm of her companies, was formed in 1988. Her  home furnishings collection, Bunny Williams Home, was founded in 2008 and launched a flagship showroom in the summer of 2015 in NYC.  For 25 years, with her husband, antiques dealer John Rosselli, Williams ran and owned Treillage Ltd., a unique decorative home and garden shop that became an institution in New York. Her most recent book,  On Garden Style , published in 2015, offers Williams’ inspiring tips on garden design. Born in Charlottesville, VA, Williams’ decorating DNA combines her upbringing and appreciation for gracious Southern living, with her hands-on training at the venerable firms of Stair & Co. Antiques and Parish Hadley Inc.  An Interior Design Hall of Fame inductee, today Williams’ work is regularly featured in top design magazines, in newspapers, on television, in film, and on a variety of websites and blogs. Williams’ new book, “ A House by the Sea, ” about her villa in Punta Cana, DR, was released in September 2016.

GAY VINCENT-CANAL Washington, CT

Gay, a native of Great Britain, arrived here in 1960, settled in Manhattan and joined Bloomingdale’s that same year as a Sportswear Buyer. She later joined the Fashion Office and became Fashion Coordinator for Bloomingdales in 1969. Leaving Bloomingdales in 1972 Gay founded a design studio with two partners. For the next three decades, Gay consulted, designed and merchandised for major department stores, manufacturers and fabric mills and the studio’s “Colour Service and Colour Library” were sold worldwide. Upon retirement, Gay developed a passion for horticulture, aptly following in her mother’s footsteps. Her mother was an avid English Gardener, whose motto was “a gardener has to be a perennial optimist”. Gay’s penchant for horticulture led her to become an Accredited Horticulture Judge for The Garden Club of America and a Master Judge and Master Landscape Design Consultant for the Federated Garden Club. She is a past President and current Horticulture Chair and Board Member of the Washington Garden Club, a past President and current Board Member of The Mad Gardeners and at Hollister House is both a Board Member and Special Events Committee Member Gay’s current project is “Seniorizing” aka “Downsizing” her Gardens, which have been featured in Magazines and Newspapers in Connecticut and elsewhere. An avid traveler, Gay resides full time in Washington with her banker turned environmentalist husband, Carlos Canal.

CYNTHIA NEWBY Roxbury,CT

Cynthia Newby, textbook author and gardener, is the president of Chestnut Hill Enterprises, Inc., a college textbook development company. Cynthia is a graduate and a trustee of Hood College, Frederick, Maryland. In Roxbury for over 20 years, she is active locally, serving as chairwoman of the Roxbury CT Public Library board and as a trustee of the nonkill animal rescue and adoption shelter, the Animal Welfare Society (New Milford CT). In 2015 she was named one of Litchfield’s 50 Most Influential People by Litchfield Magazine.

BARBARA SHATTUCK KOHN​ Washington, CT

Barbara has been an amateur gardener for most of her life, starting in her mother’s rock garden in New Jersey and then moving on to her own garden, first in East Hampton and now at her home The Sumacs, in Washington, Connecticut. An environmental studies major at Connecticut College; she almost went on to get a graduate degree in landscape planning but made a large pivot and became an investment banker instead. She started her banking career at Goldman Sachs and left there, founding Shattuck Hammond Partners, an investment bank specializing in healthcare. She currently sits on several corporate and not-for-profit boards, and is the chair of the Four Freedoms Park Conservancy, a New York State Park and presidential memorial for Franklin D. Roosevelt in New York City

Dwight Keeney Litchfield, CT

A retired corporate communications executive with a multinational manufacturer, Dwight has been involved with some aspect of gardening for much of his life. He still remembers researching English romantic gardens in literature many years ago. After graduating from Dartmouth College, where he majored in English, he studied religion and art at Yale University. Among his diverse interests are local history, music (baroque to bluegrass), American antiques and decoration, and art (renaissance to African and pre-Columbian). A resident of Litchfield County for more than 45 years, Dwight is active in several local organizations and is currently involved with the restoration and maintenance of an historic garden in Torrington, CT. He is a UConn Master Gardener and member of the MAD Gardeners, the American Public Gardens Association and the Connecticut Horticultural Society. At Hollister House Garden, he is involved particularly with our public programming.

PAGE DICKEY Falls Village, CT

Page Dickey is a garden writer, lecturer, and designer. She has written on gardening and garden design over the years for House & Garden, House Beautiful, Horticulture, Elle Decor, Fine Gardening, and Garden Design. She is the author of seven books, including  Gardens in the Spirit of Place , the award-winning  Breaking Ground: Portraits of Ten Garden Designers , and  Inside Out: Relating Garden to House . Her first book,  Duck Hill Journal , and her most recent,  Embroidered Ground , are about Duck Hill in New York, where she lived and gardened for thirty-three years. A new book,  Outstanding American Gardens, a Celebration of Twenty-Five Years of the Garden Conservancy , was edited by Page and published in 2015. Page is on the Board of the Garden Conservancy and cofounded the Open Days Program in 1995. She is also on the Boards of Stonecrop Gardens, the wonderful teaching garden in Cold Spring, NY, and Hollister House Garden in Washington, CT. She has recently been elected as an Honorary Member of The Garden Club of America. Page now lives and gardens with her husband in the company of assorted dogs in Falls Village, CT.

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LEE BUTTALA Ashley Falls, MA

Lee Buttala is an Emmy Award-winning television producer of Martha Stewart Living and was the creator, producer and director of Cultivating Life, a PBS series on outdoor living and gardening. He has written for The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, New York, and Metropolitan Home. As an editor, he has worked for Saveur, Garden Design and Interview, and for the book publisher Alfred A. Knopf. He also served as the preservation program manager for the Garden Conservancy and has studied garden design at Kyoto University of Art and Design, the English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden, and the New York Botanical Garden. He is also the author and editor of the books  Cultivating Life: A Guide to Outdoor Living  and  The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving.

JEB BREECE Salisbury, CT

Jeb Breece lives and gardens in Salisbury, CT. where he is working to establish native wildflowers and grasses in the place of a lawn.  He is also an amateur flower farmer and the co-founder of the Kent Flower Market.  Jeb is a Principal and Portfolio Manager at Spears Abacus Advisors where he manages public equity portfolios and works with clients on asset allocation and generational wealth planning.   He is a member of the board of Women’s Support Services of Connecticut and a member of the Acquisition and Stewardship Committee of Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy.  

J. RODNEY PLEASANTS, Treasurer-Washington, CT

Rod Pleasants and his partner Steve Godwin are owners of McIver Morgan Interior Design and Architecture and Godwin Residential Construction. Rod has been a resident of Washington CT for 20 years and has been an active member of the local community, serving on several Boards including New Milford Hospital and the Gunn Memorial Library. In 2013 he was named one of Litchfield’s 50 Most Influential People by Litchfield Magazine. His design interests have often involved landscape design for clients’ homes and he has developed a keen interest in gardening.

BILL NOBLE, Secretary-Norwich, VT

For twenty-five years Bill Noble has worked as a garden designer and professional in garden preservation. As Director of Preservation for the Garden Conservancy, he was instrumental in the preservation and restoration of dozens of gardens throughout the United States. Working with individual garden owners as well as public and private organizations, he provides the expertise and direction needed to preserve and restore gardens and to promote best practices in successful garden management. As a garden designer, he works with clients to create new gardens or to restore and rehabilitate existing ones. He has overseen the restoration of many significant American gardens, and his hands-on style and knowledge of plants, design, and maintenance contributes to the creation of gardens of lasting quality. The insights gained from the gardens and gardeners Bill has worked with are reflected in his own garden in Norwich, Vermont, which is included in the Smithsonian Institution’s Archive of American Gardens and has been featured in  Martha Stewart Living, House & Garden, The New York Times  and  Country Gardens . He lectures widely on topics relating to garden history and design and preservation.

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SUSAN PAYSON BURKE, Vice President-New York, NY

Susan Burke gardens in multiple locations, beginning thirty-five years ago with a cottage garden around an 1805 farmhouse in Bedford, New York. She has been working on her “garden by the sea” on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, for twenty years, and began work on a quasi-Japanese garden at her home in Florida three years ago. Her Nantucket garden was included in the Smithsonian Archives of American Gardens in 2012. In addition to being a founding member and serving as Vice President of the Hollister House Garden Board of Directors, Susan serves on the Boards of the New York Botanical Garden and the Garden Conservancy, where she chairs the Communication Committee. She is on the Horticulture Committee at Wave Hill and the Advisory Committee of the Untermyer Garden. She is a member of the Bedford Garden Club, the Nantucket Garden Club and a founding member of the Garden Club of America. In addition, Susan has served on the Board of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. She is former public relations and publicity director for Bergdorf Goodman, vice president of Calisch Associates, and advertising director at Frances Denny; and worked in marketing and public relations for Moet and Chandon.

GEORGE SCHOELLKOPF, President – Washington, CT

George Schoellkopf was born in 1942 in Dallas, Texas, where he battled as a child against the harsh Texas climate to make his first garden. He was educated in Connecticut at The Hotchkiss School and at Yale University. He also holds a master’s degree in Art History from Columbia University in New York City, where for many years he ran a gallery specializing in 18th and 19th century American antiques and folk art and was thus only able to garden on weekends. He now divides his time between Hollister House and Santa Barbara, CA. George has written articles on gardening in Town & Country, House & Garden, House Beautiful, Fine Gardening and Rosemary Verey’s The American Man’s Garden. George is a member of the Board of Directors of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and Lotusland in Santa Barbara California and an honorary member of the Washington, CT Garden Club.

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Library                            Museum Monday 9:30-5               Thurs-Fri 10-4 Tuesday 9:30-8               Sat 10-3 Wednesday CLOSED Thursday 9:30-8 Friday 9:30-5 Saturday 9:30-3 Sunday CLOSED

The Gunn Museum

Our national award-winning Museum presents an ever-changing view of local history in one of the most beautiful locations in Connecticut. The museum is housed in a 1781 residence overlooking the historic Washington Green in Litchfield County, and we feature innovative exhibitions in our galleries. Come step into the world that was and see it through the images, artifacts and stories of the many people, great and ordinary, who have made and make our town a memorable place.

Our beginnings date back to 1899 when the local Judea Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), led by Abigail Gunn, opened the Judea Historical Room in the Canfield House on Washington Green. When the Gunn Memorial Library was built in 1908, our founders including Ehrick Rossiter and others, envisioned an athenaeum where patrons could learn not only from books, but also through history, art and artifacts, and so they created a museum in the library. The DAR gifted their collection to the Gunn Memorial Library in 1907 and it was moved across the street into the museum on the lower level of the library (the room behind the current circulation desk). In 1965 June S. Willis bequeathed her house to the Library and the museum moved next door, where it remains today. The mission of the Museum is to collect, preserve, interpret and share the objects and stories which illuminate the history of Washington, Connecticut.

Hours of Operation:

Thursdays/Fridays from 10am-4pm

Saturdays from 10am – 3pm

*Free Admission*

1-hour guided exhibit tours every Saturday at 1pm. Please email [email protected] or call 860-868-7756 at least one day in advance to register.

** Please note: The Museum is located in a colonial home and is not currently handicap accessible.**

New exhibit, homespun virtue.

Join us for an Exhibit Open House on Saturday, August 19 at 11:00am at the Gunn Museum. Explore our new exhibit Homespun Virtue and revisit our permanent exhibit Washington Connecticut – An American Story .

Adele Worsley Garden

The panel gardens at the Museum were created and are maintained by the Washington Garden Club in memory of Adele Worsley. Adele was a much-loved member and horticulturist who worked tirelessly for the Washington Garden Club. The flowers are in bloom from spring to fall and we encourage all to stop by and visit our beautiful gardens.

WASHINGTON, CONNECTICUT – AN AMERICAN STORY

Visit our exhibit about the unique people, places and events that have shaped washington’s rich history..

The Museum is attracting visitors from far and wide…

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The ICAA is pleased to partner with Classical Excursions to present this exclusive tour of outstanding country homes of beautiful Litchfield County, Connecticut. The area, taking up the northwest portion of the state, is dotted with such small charming towns as Sharon, Salisbury, Norfolk, Litchfield, and Washington, many of which remain the living image of quintessential colonial New England. The county features a natural beauty and peaceful atmosphere, with splendid homes tucked away in the region's bucolic setting. During the course of the tour, participants will have the opportunity to visit many of the area's most beautiful private homes and experience exclusive receptions and events, all while enjoying comfortable five-star accommodations for three nights at the Mayflower Inn & Spa.

This tour is arranged by Classical Excursions. Please note that a registration form and deposit must be submitted to Classical Excursions and a confirmation of receipt must be received from Classical Excursions in order to be considered registered for this program. Payment of the $500 donation to the ICAA prior to registration does not guarantee placement on the trip. To inquire about registration for this program, please contact Lani Summerville at [email protected] or 413-446-8728 or Tom Hayes [email protected] or 413-243-4155 .

Please note a fully tax-deductible donation of $500 per person is required to participate in this travel program. All travel program participants receive a complimentary Individual level membership for one year to the ICAA.

Image: Manor House (Fritz von der Schulenburg)

The tour includes an exclusive visit to Maywood in Bridgewater, a tremendously beautiful classically-inspired property featuring a Georgian-inspired house surrounded by seventy-five acres of land with stunning gardens throughout. Architect of the property Mark Ferguson will be present for the visit, and refreshments will be provided by the owners.

Manor House of Bunny Williams and John Rosselli

The tour features a private house-and-garden tour and lunch at the Manor House of celebrated interior designer Bunny Williams and antiques entrepreneur John Rosselli in Falls Village.

Twin Maples

Featured is a private tour with the owner of elegant Twin Maples in Salisbury, a Georgian-style house and guest house designed and decorated by David Easton on the 400-acre estate. The visit also includes a special tour of the formal gardens with Deborah Munson , the head gardener and designer.

Hollister House Garden

Participants will enjoy a visit to the Hollister House Garden in Washington, which dates from 1770 when the center section of the house was built and added to later on. According to owner George Schoellkopf , When planning the garden...my solution was to locate it on the diagonal from the house so that the house is still the centerpiece of thegarden but is only viewed informally at an angle...".The Hollister House Garden is recognized and preserved under the aegis of The Garden Conservancy.

1772 House and Gardens

The group will be welcomed by Chris and Joe Brennan , interior designer and builder respectively, to the 1772 House and Gardens in Lakeville. The residence maintains its original woodwork, while a 19th Century barn has been attached in the New England fashion to become an up-to-date enclosed porch and sunroom. Other 19th Century buildings were moved to incorporate a folly, pool house, and corn crib. Part of the second floor of the house contains an original ballroom that appears when the hinged dividing wall between two rooms is swung upwards and hooked to the ceiling.

Farnam House

The group will be welcomed by owners Roger Mitchell and Pete Peterson for lunch at Farnam House , their beautifully decorated home designed in the Arts & Crafts style by Norfolk's most prolific architect, Alfredo Taylor , dating back to 1908. Rough stucco walls, steeply-pitched gables, and chestnut-paneled interiors attest to the Craftsman vocabulary.

The Whitehouse

The tour includes a visit to the Whitehouse , an impressive mansion in Norfolk dating from 1801 and expanded several times. The residence still holds the original Stoeckel family's little-known collection of Hudson River Valley and other paintings, considered one of the largest private collection's of mid 19th Century canvases in Connecticut. Inness, Homer, Johnson, Sully, and Inman are some of the represented artists.

Battell Chapel

The group will visit the Romanesque Revival Battell Chapel , named in memory of the Stoeckel family and dating back to 1887, which includes five beautiful Tiffany stained glass windows. In 1927, Ellen Battell Stoeckel engaged long-time family friend Louis Comfort Tiffany to design and execute the windows that portray stunning landscape images inspired by the Song of Solomon and other Biblical verses.

Inglenook/Meadow Cottage

The tour includes a special visit to Inglenook/Meadow Cottage in Norfolk, which was once the summer home of Julia deForest Tiffany and Louise Comfort Tiffany , the twin daughters of the famous artist and his wife. Present owners Sally and Larry Hannifin will welcome the group with a private tour of the charming house and the historic furnishings that came with it when purchased.

Holleywood House

The tour includes a visit to Holleywood House in Lakeville, an 1853 Italianate-style manor house with a four-story octagonal turret restored by architect Frank Garretson and decorated by interior designer Chris Brennan, both of whom will be on hand along with the owners Helen Klein Ross, a novelist and poet, and Donald Ross, a lawyer.

Private Home in Warren

The tour includes a special visit to a private home with gorgeous surrounding views in Warren, owned by Jack and Molly Flynn . Jack is the owner of Rogers & Goffigon, the home furnishing textile company. The residence, pool house, and garage were designed in 2000 by renowned architect, Deborah Berke.

Italianate-Style Home of Linda Allard

The trip includes an exclusive visit to the Italianate-style home of Linda Allard in Washington Depot, surrounded by an extraordinary garden that she created using the talents she developed over many years at her trade as a fashion designer.

Featured is a tour of Windfield, located outside Washington and originally designed by architect Richard Sammons in 1995 with inspiration from the work of William Adam. The house, built of handmade bricks and stone quoins, resembles a long-established country manor house, and features beautiful interiors.

What’s included

• Three-night stay at the elegant, five-star Mayflower Inn, located in Washington, CT, a luxury hotel featuring beautiful accommodations, as well as an on-site spa, fitness center, pool, and 58 acres of surrounding land.

Hill-Stead (Image: Wikimedia Commons/Daderot)

Austin House (Image: Wikimedia Commons/Sage Ross)

Manor House (Image: Fritz von der Schulenburg)

Interior, Manor House (Image: Rob Cardillo)

Austin House (Image: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art)

Interior of Austin House (Image: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art)

AIA Continuing Education Provider Information:

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the architectural history of Litchfield County, CT.

2. Understand the movements that influenced architecture within Litchfield County, CT.

3. Understand the building methods, materials, and architectural techniques employed by the architects of many of the structures visited during the tour.

4. Learn about many important architects who contributed to the architectural history of Litchfield County, CT.

Instructional Delivery Method: Live In-Person Learning Program

Approved LUs and Type: 15 AIA CES Learning Units|Elective

AIA CES Program Approval Expiration Date: August 22, 2022

Prerequisites: None

Program Level: Introductory

Advance Learner Preparation: None

Provider Statement: The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art is a registered provider of AIA-approved continuing education under Provider Number G193. All registered AIA CES Providers must comply with the AIA Standards for Continuing Education Programs. Any questions or concerns about this provider or this learning program may be sent to AIA CES ( [email protected] or (800) AIA 3837, Option 3).

This learning program is registered with AIA CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.

AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.

If you would like to register, you may contact the travel operator organizing the program. Please note that a $500 donation per person to the ICAA is required in order to participate in each travel program. The contact information for ICAA tour operators is included on individual travel pages. Kindly note that the ICAA works with three different consultants for program offerings. If you are unsure which travel consultant to contact for a given program, you may email [email protected] or call 212-730-9646 x109

Your $500 donation helps to further the ICAA’s goal of advancing the practice and appreciation of the classical tradition in architecture and the allied arts by supporting its varied educational programs, including continuing education courses, college workshops, the Summer Studio in Classical Architecture, New Heights, and many more.

Yes, a donation of $500 to the ICAA is required for each travel program you register for. The donation is required for each person attending a tour.

You can make your $500 donation to the ICAA online, or you can download, complete, and mail this form to the ICAA. You can alternatively fax a copy to 212-730-9649. You may also call 212-730-9646 x109 or email [email protected] to make a donation. Donations must be made separately from the registration fee.

No, membership is not required to attend an ICAA travel program. However, complimentary Individual membership to the ICAA is included with your $500 required donation.

For full itinerary and more information, contact [email protected] , 860-926-4895. Due to the exclusive nature of our tours, some private locations or visits may be omitted from the ICAA's website.

Over the past several years, the ICAA has travelled to destinations including Paris; Andalusia; Atlanta; Barbados; South Africa; Chicago; the Netherlands and Belgium; Scotland; the French Riviera; Morocco; the Italian Lake Region; Charlottesville; Naples; and New Delhi, among many other locations. The ICAA is always looking to diversify its travel offerings. If you have a suggestion or location you would like to see added, please email [email protected] .

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Old houses have treasures to find and secrets to uncover, and in Connecticut, there are over four centuries of homes to explore. Some were home to well-known historic figures, like Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Others were built by individuals who became larger than life, such as actor William Gillette’s “castle” on the Connecticut River and dictionary namesake Noah Webster’s West Hartford birthplace. Still others house amazing art collections or are surrounded by lush, expertly-tended gardens. You’ll find dozens of these historic houses, many of which are National Historic Landmarks, all over the state—and each has a story to tell.

The Earliest Settlements

When English colonists arrived in the 1630s, they set up settlements throughout the state. Some of these houses still survive today, and are open for tours and educational visits. Most offer detailed glimpses into the lives of the early American colonists, having been documented in carefully preserved journals and family letters.

Henry Whitfield State Museum, Guilford

Connecticut's oldest house (1639) and New England's oldest stone house.

General David Humphreys House (c.1698), Ansonia

Home of the nation’s first ambassador and aide to General George Washington.

Leffingwell House Museum, Norwich

Built in 1675, this home started as a pre-Revolutionary tavern.

The Colonial Days

In the 1700s, Connecticut was at the forefront of the new nation’s fight for independence. Nicknamed “the provision state” by General George Washington, Connecticut was the site of several decisive battles during the Revolutionary War. Today, there are homes throughout the state that have a fascinating military heritage, as well as others that blazed new trails in arts and culture.

Nathan Hale Homestead, Coventry

A Connecticut Landmark and the family home of Connecticut's state hero.

Webb Deane Stevens Museum, Wethersfield

Meticulously restored colonial homes, one of which served as General George Washington’s HQ.

Greenwich Historical Society, Greenwich

A National Historical Landmark and home of Connecticut’s first art colony.

Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society, West Hartford

This home of the author of the first American dictionary is a National Historic Landmark.

Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center, Ridgefield

Look for the British cannonball embedded in its exterior from a 1777 battle.

The Civil War, Industry and the Victorians

During the Civil War, Connecticut once again played a role in provisioning, supplying everything from riddles to brass uniform buttons for the Union army. In this time, several homes in Connecticut played a role in fighting slavery, including sites along the Connecticut Freedom Trail .  In the late 1800s, the Victoria era ushered in mansions of beauty and splendor, many of which still stand today as breathtaking reminders of a golden age.

The Mark Twain House & Museum, Hartford

Twenty-five room Victorian mansion where Mark Twain lived and wrote from 1874-1891.

Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum (c.1864) - Closed until Fall 2024, Norwalk

Built in 1864, this 62-room Victorian mansion has been called “America’s First Chateau.”

Hempsted Houses, New London

Home to generations of the Hempsted family, as well as the Underground Railway.

Roseland Cottage Museum, Woodstock

19th century Gothic Revival cottage and parterre gardens were a seasonal escape for the Bowen family...

20th Century Works of Art

Artists, and art collections, played a large role in early 20 th century Connecticut. From wealthy industrialists looking to build a house for their collections to colonies of artists working and living together to create a distinctly American art form, estates and homesteads took on a distinctive look alongside this greater purpose. Today, many of these homes have been restored to their original, and often very unique glory.

The Glass House, New Canaan

Built on a pastoral 49 acres, this elegant modern structure houses art and sculpture.

Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington

One of America’s first female architects designed this art-filled home for her family.

Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme

Home to the Lyme Art Colony, where some of America’s most beloved artists lived and worked.

Great Homes with Green Thumbs

It’s not just our historic houses that deserve a tour. Many of Connecticut’s house and estate gardens are the work of famous landscape architects and world renowned garden designers — and are today tended by experts and volunteers alike who are dedicated to sharing these works of art.

Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden, Bethlehem

Popular with gardeners, this elegant home’s formal gardens feature roses, peonies and lilacs.

Hollister House Garden, Washington

Get lost in this elegantly wild English garden featuring dramatic hedges and lavish plantings.

Ogden House & Gardens, Fairfield

Mid 18th century home features a wildflower trail and a colonial era kitchen herb garden.

Phelps-Hatheway House, Suffield

Federal style home and landscaped grounds with formal flower beds and herb garden.

Butler-McCook House & Garden, Hartford

18th century house with a Victorian-era garden designed by a prominent landscape architect.

Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford

Once a summer estate located on Long Island Sound.

Stay for a Spell

Want to sleep in an old house?  Check into one of our historic B&BS and Inns , many of which date back to colonial times and offer a cozy and uniquely Connecticut experience.

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Connecticut has rich variety of historic homes, museums, cemeteries, trails.

Connecticut is steeped in the history of our country's earliest days, beginning with the Colonial period, through the Revolutionary War and up to the present. CT welcomes visitors interested in historic homes and historic sites. Some historic sites are museums located in the homes of legendary writers like Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Families with kids interested in history will be fascinated by the Ancient Burying Ground in Hartford, locations of the Underground Railroad,museums honoring historic railways and trolleys, the Amistad Museum, and much more. Lighthouses on the shoreline and covered bridges in the inland Litchfield area also speak of the state's deep New England character.

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Rediscover the nation’s heritage at a variety of historic homes and buildings

Mark Twain House & Museum

351 Farmington Avenue Hartford, CT, 06105 Phone: 860-247-0998

See why Mark Twain boasted his Hartford house was ‘the loveliest home that ever was’

Roseland Cottage

556 Route 169 Woodstock, CT, 06281 Phone: 860-928-4074

Bellamy-Ferriday House and Garden

9 Main Street Bethlehem, CT, 06751 Phone: 203-266-7596

Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum

211 Main Street Wethersfield, CT, 06109 Phone: 860-529-0612

Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum

Mathews Park, 295 West Ave. Norwalk, CT, 06850 Phone: 203-838-9799

Weir Farm National Historic Site

735 Nod Hill Road Wilton, CT, 06897 Phone: 203-834-1896

Nathan Hale Homestead (1776)

2299 South Street Coventry, CT Phone: 860-742-6917

Boothe Memorial Park & Museum

5774 Main Street Stratford, CT, 06614 Phone: 203-381-2046

Prudence Crandall Museum

Junction Routes 14 and 169 Canterbury, CT, 06331 Phone: 860-546-7800

Danbury Railway Museum

120 White Street and Patriot Drive Danbury, CT, 06810 Phone: 203-778-8337

Monte Cristo Cottage

325 Pequot Avenue New London, CT, 06320 Phone: 860-443-0051

Henry Whitfield State Museum

248 Old Whitfield Street Guilford, CT, 06437 Phone: 203-453-2457

Noah Webster House

227 South Main Street West Hartford, CT Phone: 860-521-5362

Keeler Tavern Museum

132 Main Street Ridgefield, CT, 06877 Phone: 203-438-5485

Osborne Homestead Museum & Kellogg Environmental Center

500 Hawthorne Avenue Derby, CT, 06418 Phone: 203-734-2513

Ancient Burying Ground

corner of Main and Gold streets Hartford, CT, 06103 Phone: 860-337-1640

The Connecticut Freedom Trail

Shore line trolley museum.

17 River Street East Haven, CT, 06512 Phone: 203-467-6927

Connecticut Historical Society Museum

1 Elizabeth Street at Asylum Avenue Hartford, CT Phone: 860-236-5621

Lock 12 Historical Park

487 North Brooksvale Road (Route 42) Cheshire, CT, 06410 Phone: 203-272-2743

General William Hart House

350 Main Street Old Saybrook, CT, 06475 Phone: 860-388-2622

Old State House of Connecticut

800 Main Street Hartford, CT Phone: 860-522-6766

Phelps-Hatheway House and Garden

55 South Main Street Suffield, CT Phone:

Amistad Memorial

165 Church Street New Haven, CT, 06510 Phone:

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

77 Forest Street Hartford, CT, 06105 Phone: 860-522-9258

Topsmead State Forest

Buell Road Litchfield, CT, 06579 Phone: 860-567-5694

Harkness Memorial State Park

275 Great Neck Road - CT Route 213 Waterford, CT, 06385 Phone: 860-443-5725

Gillette Castle State Park and Mansion

67 River Road East Haddam, CT, 06423 Phone: 860-526-2336

Slater Memorial Museum and Converse Art Gallery

Norwich Free Academy - 108 Crescent Street Norwich, CT, 06360 Phone: 860-887-2506

Hill-Stead Museum

35 Mountain Road Farmington, CT, 06032 Phone: 860-677-4787

Bush Holley House

39 Strickland Road Greenwich, CT Phone: 203-869-6899

Yale University

Information Center at 149 Elm Street New Haven, CT, 06510 Phone: 203-432-2300

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27th annual holiday house tour.

                                                 December 9th, 2023

The WCW-sponsored Woodbury Holiday House Tour, held annually, draws visitors from all around the State and many from out of state. Each year it raises funds for a range of local charities, including scholarships and the community food and fuel bank.

Advance tickets for our Holiday House Tour go on sale in November. Advance tickets may be purchased at multiple locations - in Woodbury at the 1754 House Restaurant, Carole Peck's Good News Restaurant and John's Cafe.  Also at Canfield Corner Pharmacy, Woodbury Farm Market, Ace Hardware and The Hidden Acorn.  They may also be purchased at Newbury Place in Southbury, Hickory Stick Bookshop in Washington Depot and Yankee Quilters in Seymour. 

Advance tickets may also be purchased online starting in November and by mail by sending a check made out to "The Woman's Club of Woodbury Holiday House Tour," along with a stamped self-addressed envelope to: The Woman's Club of Woodbury Holiday House Tour, P.O. Box 1014, Woodbury, CT, 06798. Please include a phone number. 

On the day of the tour, tickets may be purchased starting at 10 a.m. at the Senior/Community Center, 265 Main Street South. The Center is located behind the Woodbury Library. At the Senior Center ticket-holders will be treated to complimentary beverages and cookies. Our 'holiday baskets' will be available for purchase. There is plenty of parking at the Senior Center.    

Homes on the tour will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Visitors on the tour are asked to bring slippers since shoes must be taken off in the houses.  Taking photos in the homes is not permitted.  The House Tour will take place regardless of weather. Tickets are non-refundable.

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Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) held a press conference at the U.S. Capitol with Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) and a group of House Democrats to slam the Republican budget plan to slash Medicare and Social Security while delivering another round of tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations.

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“At a time when Congress has been looking at wealth disparity, it has to look no further than its own inaction,” said Larson. “More than 50 years have passed since the United States Congress has enhanced Social Security. 10,000 baby bloomers a day become eligible for Social Security, and for more than 40% of the 70 million Americans on Social Security, it is the only retirement benefit that they have. Democrats have a plan. We’re going to make sure that there’s an across-the-board increase. We’re going to make sure that no one can retire into poverty as more than 5 million of our fellow Americans have, mostly women, who get below-poverty-level checks from their government. Our other colleagues are passing tax cuts for the wealthy. We want to make sure that those who continue to work out of necessity don’t have their Social Security taxed again. That is Democratic leadership.” 

The Republican Study Committee’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget , endorsed by 80% of House Republicans, including Speaker Mike Johnson, proposes raising the retirement age and $1.5 trillion in cuts to Social Security, advancing the interests of the wealthy and well connected while jeopardizing health coverage for millions and slashing the benefits working families and seniors have earned.  

Nearly 200 House Democrats, led by Ranking Member Larson, introduced the Social Security 2100 Act , to extend the program’s solvency by making the wealthy pay their fair share, preventing devastating cuts and enhancing Social Security benefits for the first time in more than 50 years. 

Larson and Neguse were joined at the press conference by New Democrat Coalition Chair Annie Kuster (NH-02) , House Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) , Task Force on Aging & Families Chair Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) , and Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) . 

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks with reporters to discuss his proposal of sending crucial bipartisan support to aid Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after weeks of inaction, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives to discuss his proposal of sending crucial bipartisan support to aid Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after weeks of inaction on Capitol Hill Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

KEVIN FREKING (Associated Press)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled a long-awaited package of bills that will provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems and give humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza.

The package totals $95.3 billion in spending, which matches the total that the Senate passed in mid-February. But there are also a few differences with the Senate bill designed to win over some House conservatives.

Here’s a look at what is in the bills that Johnson hopes to pass by this weekend.

The aid to support Ukraine totals about $61 billion. Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee said that more than a third of that amount would be dedicated to replenishing weapons and ammunition systems for the U.S. military.

The overall amount of money provided to Ukraine for the purchase of weapons from the U.S. is roughly the same in the House and Senate bills — $13.8 billion.

The main difference between the two packages is that the House bill provides more than $9 billion in economic assistance to Ukraine in the form of “forgivable loans.” The Senate bill included no such provision seeking repayment.

The president would be authorized to set the terms of the loan to Ukraine and also be given the power to cancel it. Congress could override the cancellation but would have to generate enough votes to override a veto, a high bar considering how the two chambers are so evenly divided.

Johnson, as he seeks GOP support for the package, noted that former President Donald Trump has endorsed a “loan concept.”

He also noted that the House package includes a requirement for the Biden administration to provide a plan and a strategy to Congress for what it seeks to achieve in Ukraine. The plan would be required within 45 days of the bill being signed into law. House Republicans frequently complain that they have yet to see a strategy from Biden for winning the war.

The bill said the report from the administration must be a multiyear plan that spells out “specific and achievable objectives.” It also asked for an estimate of the resources required to achieve the U.S. objectives and a description of the national security implications if the objectives are not met.

Aid in the legislation to support Israel and provide humanitarian relief to citizens of Gaza comes to more than $26 billion. The amount of money dedicated to replenishing Israel’s missile defense systems totals about $4 billion in the House and Senate bills. An additional $2.4 billion for current U.S. military operations in the regions is also the same in both bills.

Some conservatives have been critical of the aid for Gaza. At the end of the day, though, Johnson risked losing critical Democratic support for the package if Republicans had excluded it. The humanitarian assistance comes to more than $9 billion for Gaza, where millions of Palestinians face starvation, lack of clean water and disease outbreaks.

INDO-PACIFIC

The investments to counter China and ensure a strong deterrence in the region come to about $8 billion. The overall amount of money and the investments in the two bills is about the same with a quarter of funds used to replenish weapons and ammunition systems that had been provided to Taiwan.

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