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.
38 Fire Tower Road, Killingworth
- Phelps Farmstead
- Carleton Beals House
- Southwest District School (moved here)
- Private Residence
- Carleton Beals
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Beals and his wife Carolyn moved here in 1957 and lived here for the remainder of their lives. Beals used the relocated schoolhouse as his writing studio.
- Description of Significance/Historical Narrative
- The 18th-century farmstead has a timber frame Cape Cod Cottage and barn, and a 19th century one room schoolhouse moved there in 1950. It is significant as the home and studio of nationally prominent writer and journalist Carleton Beals from 1957 to his death in 1979. He used the school house as his writing studio. Listed on the State Register as part of the Creative Places project.
- Date of Construction
- c. 1730
- Historic Designation(s)