Hill Stead Museum

Hill–Stead Museum is a Colonial Revival house and art museum set on a large estate at 35 Mountain Road in . It is best known for its French Impressionist masterpieces, architecture, and stately grounds.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Farmington, Connecticut
  • Also known as: “Hill-Stead Museum”, “Hill–Stead Museum”, and “Hillstead Museum”
  • Address: 35 Mountain Road, Farmington, CT 06032

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stanley-Whitman House Museum and Farmington Mountain.

Museum
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The Stanley-Whitman House is a historic house museum at 37 High Street in . Built ca 1720, it is one of the oldest houses in Farmington. is situated 1,200 feet west of Hill Stead Museum.

Peak
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, 502 feet, is a traprock ridge located 9 miles southwest of , in the town of . It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from near , north through the Connecticut River Valley of to the border.

Church
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The , Congregational, also known as First Church 1652 is an historic church at 75 Main Street in . Built in 1771, this classic meeting-house style church was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1975 for its role in sheltering the Amistad Africans before their return to Africa. is situated 2,600 feet west of Hill Stead Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Farmington Historic District and Farmington.

Neighborhood
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The encompasses a 275-acre area of the town center of . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

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is a town in Hartford County in the Valley area of central in the United States. The town is part of the .

Neighborhood
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The encompasses a well-preserved collection of primarily 19th-century farmsteads, located near one another and a local district school building in . is situated 4 miles northwest of Hill Stead Museum.

Hill Stead Museum

Latitude
41.72192° or 41° 43′ 19″ north
Longitude
-72.82034° or 72° 49′ 13″ west
Elevation
328 feet (100 metres)
Open location code
87H9P5CH+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 448994270
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
4836113
Wiki­data ID
Q1618645
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Turkish—“Hill Stead Museum” goes by many names.

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