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Rye House

RF199

 File
Identifier: RF199

Scope and Contents

Rye House and Avalon Farms miscellaneous information. Rye house was built in 1911 by Isabella Curtis. Information about Rye House - photocopies of photographs, National Registry of Historic Places application; genealogy of Curtis family; architect Wilson Eyre; stone carvings; gardens; Barbara Butler, artist-builder of play castle. "The Story of Avalon Farms" by Elaine Rothman in 1991. "Cooper buys Conn. kingdom" story from New York Post, June 22, 2014. Anderson Cooper purchase of Rye House.

Dates

  • Creation: 1800-2019

Extent

From the Collection: 16 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository

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