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.
96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme
- Griswold, Florence, House and Museum
- Matilda Browne
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Browne was the rare woman admitted to membership in the Old Lyme Artist Colony.
- Gertrude Nason
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Nason's work is represented in the collections of the Florence Griswold Museum.
- Description of Significance/Historical Narrative
- The Florence Griswold Museum is best known as the former home and boarding house of Griswold and a summer plein-air gathering place for leading Impressionists and artists of the Old Lyme Colony into the 1920s.
- Date of Construction
- 1817
- Historic Designation(s)
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- Local Historic District
- National Historic Landmark
- National Register District