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.
71 Under Mountain Road, Canaan
- Ezra Winter House
- Lathrop House, Juniper Hill
- Private Residence
- Dorothy Lathrop
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The wildlife at the Canaan property provided inspiration for the Lathrop sisters.
- Gertrude Lathrop
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Home to the Lathrop sisters from the 1950s until their deaths.
- Ezra Winter
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Originally studio and home of Ezra and Edna Winter.
- Description of Significance/Historical Narrative
- This International Style house was designed and built by muralist Ezra Winter with a local builder in the Falls Village section of Canaan, on property he purchased in 1930. He and his wife called their estate Juniper Hill. The home has many of the hallmarks of the International or Bauhaus, including flat roof, flat stucco walls, floor-to-ceiling windows and flush metal casement windows. It was later home to the Lathrop sisters, one a sculptor, the other a children's book author and illustrator. A large addition was built on the east side of the house and fits in with the modern style.
- Date of Construction
- c. 1932
- Historic Designation(s)