With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
232 Tophet Road, Roxbury
- Capt. David Leavenworth House
- Miller & Morath House
- Private Residence
- Arthur Miller
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Miller's home from 1948 to his death.
- Inge Morath
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Home during Morath's marriage with Arthur Miller.
- Description of Significance/Historical Narrative
- Associated with the Leavenworth family for much of its history, this house was sold in 1948 to Arthur Miller, prize-winning dramatist and one of the first of many celebrities who came to Roxbury. In addition to a house on the expansive 325 acre property, Miller built a 300 square foot studio amid trees and near a brook in 1958. It was here that he wrote a dozen plays (although not 'Death of a Salesman' written in 1949), and screenplays including "The Crucible" and "The Misfits." The studio was moved off-property c.2018 onto a municipal lot with the eventual potential donation to the town. As of 2023, the Arthur Miller Studio Project nonprofit is trying to raise funds to move it to the town library and open it to the public (see the AMWS website, https://www.arthurmillerstudio.org/).
- Date of Construction
- c. 1770
- Historic Designation(s)