Putnam Cottage Museum

Putnam Cottage was also known as Knapp Tavern during the American Revolution. It is located at 243 East Putnam Avenue, on the former route of the Boston Post Road, in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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Type: Museum
Description: house in Connecticut, United States of America
Also known as: “Knapp Tavern”, “Knapp’s Tavern”, “Putnam Cottage”, and “Putnam’s Cottage”
Address: CT

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Greenwich High School and Greenwich Hospital.

Greenwich High School

School

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Greenwich High School is a four-year public high school in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. The school is part of the Greenwich Public Schools system and serves roughly 2,700 students. Greenwich High School is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Putnam Cottage Museum.

Greenwich Hospital

Hospital

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Greenwich Hospital is a teaching hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut, serving people in lower Fairfield County and lower Westchester County, New York. A member of Yale New Haven Health System, Greenwich Hospital is a teaching institution. Greenwich Hospital is situated 3,300 feet west of Putnam Cottage Museum.

Bruce Museum

Museum

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The Bruce Museum is an art, science and natural history museum located in Greenwich, Connecticut. The Bruce's main building sits on a hill in a downtown park, and its tower can be easily seen by drivers passing by on Interstate 95. Bruce Museum is situated 1¼ miles south of Putnam Cottage Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cos Cob and Mianus.

Cos Cob

Suburb

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Cos Cob is a neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. It is located on the Connecticut shoreline in southern Fairfield County.

Mianus

Village

Mianus, formerly Mayamus and Upper Landing, is a neighborhood in the town of Greenwich in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Unlike other Greenwich neighborhoods such as Cos Cob or Old Greenwich, Mianus does not have its own ZIP code or post office. Mianus is situated 1½ miles east of Putnam Cottage Museum.

Riverside

Village

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Riverside is a neighborhood/section in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 8,843. Riverside is situated 2 miles east of Putnam Cottage Museum.

Putnam Cottage Museum

Categories: house, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Greenwich, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Fairfield County, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.03706° or 41° 2′ 13″ north

Longitude

-73.61912° or 73° 37′ 9″ west

Elevation

148 feet (45 metres)

Open location code

87H829PJ+R9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 232257149

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

4841157

Wikidata ID

Q7262323

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French: “Putnam Cottage”

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