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Notes. - Significance: The Bush-Holley House is one of the important eighteenth-century wooden houses in New England. It was important in the area's early mercantile history. The house is best known as a birthplace of American Impressionism. - Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2107. - Survey number: HABS CT-279.
Bush-Holley House. At the core of Greenwich Historical Society is the Bush-Holley House, a circa 1730 National Historic Landmark in the Cos Cob section of Greenwich. The house’s origin extends back to the early 18th century. The residence survived the war on the frontier between loyalist New York and patriot Connecticut and was home to people ...
Hassam focused on figural and architectural subjects, including the Holley House itself (now called the Bush-Holley House, a museum operated by the Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich). Across the road from the Holley House, the Brush house was built sometime between 1751 and 1784.
Jun 10, 2020 · The use of this wing as slave quarters had long been part of the oral tradition of Bush-Holley House, but it lacked research to substantiate it. The staff’s knowledge of the family and people enslaved in the Bush household comes from primary-source evidence in deeds, wills, inventories, and census records. Those records indicate that in 1738 ...
The residence survived the war on the frontier between loyalist New York and patriot Connecticut and was home to people enslaved by the Bush family, who were among the last to experience emancipation in Connecticut. Bush-Holley House was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1991 by the National Park Service and is open for tours.
John Henry Twachtman, Old Holley House, Cos Cob, 1901. Oil on canvas. 63.9 x 63.9 cm. Cincinnati Art Museum, John J. Emery Fund. Run by Josephine and Edward Payson Holley from 1882 through 1900, and subsequently by their daughter Constant Holley MacRae, the Holley House was the base for the summer art classes taught by Twachtman in the 1890s ...
Sep 14, 2023 · The Bush-Holley House in Cos Cob is about to get spooky thanks to a cocktail event. Hosted by Haunted Tavern, the event is described as a "four-part interactive cocktail journey." While the event ...
