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Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Courtesy of Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford, CT
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Harriet Beecher Stowe Center is at 77 Forest St. near the Mark Twain House. The restored Harriet Beecher Stowe House—Mrs. Stowe's home from 1873 until her death in 1896—was built in 1871. The 14-room house in the Nook Farm neighborhood contains items belonging to the renowned author of “Uncle Tom's Cabin.”
Guided tours of the home and the Visitor Center (housed in the 1873 former carriage house) include historic collections that promote discussions of the author's life and work as well as examine her impact on past and present social issues. The kitchen was designed after the model described by Mrs. Stowe and her sister Catharine in their 1869 book “The American Woman's Home.” Paintings by the author, period furnishings and eight Victorian gardens can be seen on guided tours.
Along the tour, the adjacent 1884 Katharine Seymour Day House, named for Stowe's grandniece who purchased the estate in 1924, is used for programs and exhibits and contains a research library housing papers and materials from the Beecher and Stowe families as well as reference works about 19th-century women's and African American history, the suffrage movement and Victorian architecture and design. Also featured periodically are special events such as Salons at Stowe, 21st-century parlor conversations designed to inspire visitors to move from dialogue and debate to action on social justice issues where discussion topics focus on the contemporary face of social issues Stowe advocated. .
Guided walking tours of the neighborhood include a less-than-1-mile walk around the block to Nook Farm where visitors can walk and learn about landscape design, urban planning, economic, and creative trends in Hartford throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
Guided tours of the neighborhood, including both the Stowe estate and the Mark Twain House and Museum (see attraction listing), are offered.
Guided tours are available. Time: Allow 1 hour minimum.
Guided tours of the home and the Visitor Center (housed in the 1873 former carriage house) include historic collections that promote discussions of the author's life and work as well as examine her impact on past and present social issues. The kitchen was designed after the model described by Mrs. Stowe and her sister Catharine in their 1869 book “The American Woman's Home.” Paintings by the author, period furnishings and eight Victorian gardens can be seen on guided tours.
Along the tour, the adjacent 1884 Katharine Seymour Day House, named for Stowe's grandniece who purchased the estate in 1924, is used for programs and exhibits and contains a research library housing papers and materials from the Beecher and Stowe families as well as reference works about 19th-century women's and African American history, the suffrage movement and Victorian architecture and design. Also featured periodically are special events such as Salons at Stowe, 21st-century parlor conversations designed to inspire visitors to move from dialogue and debate to action on social justice issues where discussion topics focus on the contemporary face of social issues Stowe advocated. .
Guided walking tours of the neighborhood include a less-than-1-mile walk around the block to Nook Farm where visitors can walk and learn about landscape design, urban planning, economic, and creative trends in Hartford throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
Guided tours of the neighborhood, including both the Stowe estate and the Mark Twain House and Museum (see attraction listing), are offered.
Guided tours are available. Time: Allow 1 hour minimum.
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