Connecticut Landmarks

Connecticut Landmarks is a state-wide network of eleven significant historic properties that span four centuries of New England history. These museums are starting points for deeper exploration and greater appreciation of the Connecticut experience. Their real-life stories, as told through historic houses, gardens, collections, and programs, make history matter.

Connecticut Landmarks is committed to commemorating the early Hartford origins of Frederick Law Olmsted within the historic neighborhoods of their three Hartford properties and celebrating this illustrious native son by telling the rich stories of Olmsted, his family and the Hartford social and cultural milieu that nurtured the young Olmsted. Highlights of their Frederick Law Olmsted’s Hartford walking tours include the Butler-McCook House & Garden— Hartford’s oldest remaining building with historic garden designed by Olmsted colleague Jacob Weidenmann, Olmsted’s birth site, Bushnell Park, the Connecticut State Capitol Grounds, High Street and Ann Street neighborhoods and Keney Clock Tower, with optional visit to the Olmsted crypt in Old North Cemetery at the conclusion. 

Founded in 1936, Connecticut Landmarks’ historic properties include: the Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden in Bethlehem; the Amos Bull House, the Butler-McCook House & Garden and the Isham-Terry House in Hartford; the Buttolph-Williams House in Wethersfield; the Amasa Day House in Moodus; the Hempsted Houses in New London; the Nathan Hale Homestead in Coventry; the Palmer-Warner House in East Haddam; and the Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden in Suffield.