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[thehistorygirlnj]

As of January 5, 2021, Weir Farm National Historic Site (@weirfarmnhs) in Ridgefield and Wilton, #Connecticut was redesignationed Weir Farm National Historical Park. The park commemorates the life and work of American impressionist #painter J. Alden Weir, his daughter Dorothy Weir, and her husband, sculptor Mahonri Young. J. Alden Weir owned the property from 1882 to 1919. Artists Doris and Sperry Andrews purchased the property after Mahorni Young's death and led preservation efforts with Cora Weir Burlingham to preserve the Weir Farm property as a National Park site. The site became a @nationalparkservice site in 1990. The property includes 16 buildings on 68 acres of land. #ct #cthistory #SpreadTheHistory #nps #nps104 #goparks #nationalpark #nationalparks #nationalparkservice #americanhistory #nationalparkgeek #travelblog #travelblogger #explore #blog #blogger #explorect #FindYourPark #architecture #archi_ologie #oldhouselove #weirfarm #weirfarmnps #smallparksaturday #wilton #wiltonct #arts (at Weir Farm National Historic Site) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKVFiysDBZK/?igshid=1motv1sqe250d

[thehistorygirlnj]

Inside the Young Studio, a historic art studio on the grounds of @weirfarmnhs in Wilton, #Connecticut. The studio, built in 1932, was the primary working studio from 1932-1957 for Mahonri Mackintosh Young and from 1958-2005 for C. Sperry Andrews. Mahonri Young became friends with Julian Alden Weir's daughter, Dorothy Weir. The two shared a love for art and fell in love. Dorothy and Mahonri would marry in 1931. The #plaster casts are from the "This is the Place Monument", which is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and dedicated in 1947. Mahonri Young was a grandson of Brigham Young. #ct #cthistory #SpreadTheHistory #historygirl #FindYourPark #nps #nps102 #jerseycollective #explorect #nationalparks #nationalparkservice #goparks #americanhistory #nationalparkgeek #travelblog #travelblogger #explore #blog #blogger #weirfarm #weirfarmnhs #artstudio #art #thisistheplace #mahorniyoung #sculptor #wiltonct #ctarttrail (at Weir Farm National Historic Site) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxgOvIunJKr/?igshid=kvv9u5tjpw7

[thehistorygirlnj]

The Weir House at @weirfarmnhs in Wilton, #Connecticut. The original section of the house dates to the 1780s, as part of the Beer Farm. The Greek Revival portico was added in 1832. The house was altered and enlarged in 1900-1901 and 1911. The site commemorates the life and work of American impressionist painter J. Alden Weir, his daughter Dorothy Weir, and her husband, sculptor Mahonri Young. J. Alden Weir owned the property from 1882 to 1919. Artists Doris and Sperry Andrews purchased the property after Mahorni Young's death and led efforts preservation efforts with Cora Weir Burlingham to preserve the Weir Farm site as a National Park. The site became a @NationalParkService site in 1990. The property today includes 16 buildings on 60 acres of land. It is one of two #NationalPark sites devoted to the visual arts, along with Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in New Hampshire. #ct #cthistory #SpreadTheHistory #historygirl #FindYourPark #nps #nps101 #OptOutside #explorect #nationalparks #nationalparkservice #goparks #americanhistory #nationalparkgeek #travelblog #travelblogger #explore #blog #blogger #beautiful #nature #weirfarm #weirfarmnhs #architecture #archi_ologie #oldhouselove #art #impressionism (at Weir Farm National Historic Site) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmFGn7GBatZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18cd1u8x92glm

[windowinthesky88]

#americanhistory #americanrevolutionarywar #submarinehistory #bushnellsubmarine #cthistory https://www.instagram.com/p/B0LwBJKFdzq/?igshid=iizkuvn3l8az

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#Connecticut Magazine, Connecticut #History, February March 1902-1903 Connecticut Memorabilia, Antique Publication, #Connecticuttaverns #etsyseller #vintageetsy #Taverns #merrilyverilyvintage #newengland #cthistory

[ccsuhistorians]

Bringing You Up to Date in History by CCSU Historians

Read CCSU History Department Weekly ▸ today's top stories include REPUBLICAN MOTHERHOOD AND SARAH PIERCE’S LITCHFIELD FEMALE ACADEMY by Emily McAdam

[ccsuhistorians]

Author: Kenneth Neal

Two digitized works available through the Internet Archive that have misrepresented the service of Africans from Connecticut in the American Revolutionary War are The Historical Status of the Negro in Connecticut by William Chauncey Fowler, and History of Slavery in Connecticut by Bernard C. Steiner. 

[ccsuhistorians]

Register for summer classes! Interested in family history and genealogy, but not a CCSU student? That’s OK! You can still take the class. Everyone is welcome. No prerequisites. http://www.ccsu.edu/registrar/registration/summer.html