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.
24 Main Street, Stonington
- Capt. Amos Palmer House
- Anna McNeill Whistler House
- Steven Vincent Benét House
- Private Residence
- Steven Vincent Benét
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Benét's home in Stonington until his death in 1943.
- Description of Significance/Historical Narrative
- First built by Captain Amos Palmer in 1878 to replace a house that had burned, it was hit by cannon fire in the War of 1812. From 1837 to 1840, the house was occupied by Major George Washington Whistler, a railroad engineer, his wife, Anna Matilda McNeill Whistler, and their son, a young James McNeill Whistler. Starting in 1940, it became the home of poet Stephen Vincent Benét.
- Date of Construction
- 1787
- Historic Designation(s)
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- National Register District
- Historic Resource Inventoryfile_download