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.
163 Carrington Road, Bethany
- Bishop Farmstead
- Eisenman Farm - Cranberry Hollow
- Private Residence
- Alvin Eisenman
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Alvin Eisenman's Home.
- Description of Significance/Historical Narrative
- As noted by Lucas Karmazinas in the State Register nomination for Bishop Farm, 'On November 24, 1950, the Carrington Road property was purchased by Alvin and Hope G. Eisenman. The Eisenman family relocated from Chappaqua, New York after Mr. Eisenman took a job in graphic design at the Yale University Press. Eisenman had a central role in founding the Yale School of Art graphic design program where he taught for over 40 years, while the family simultaneously carried on a degree of the property’s agricultural character. They raised horses and chickens, and held barn dances, fundraisers, and parties in the barn’s hayloft. Alvin Eisenman died in September 2013. They kept the visible exterior of the Farmhouse intact while modernizing the interior and rear elevation in a 20th-century modernist style. Eisenman contributed the design of Alice Bice Bunton’s 1972 book, Bethany’s Old Houses and Community Buildings.'
- Date of Construction
- c. 1796
- Historic Designation(s)
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- State Register Individual
- Historic Resource Inventoryfile_download