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'''Elmwood''' is the homestead of Founding Father [[Oliver Ellsworth]], in Windsor, Connecticut.<ref>747 Palisado Avenue</ref>
'''Elmwood''' is the homestead of Founding Father [[Oliver Ellsworth]], in Windsor, Connecticut.<ref>747 Palisado Avenue</ref>
Elmwood has been visited by two other Founding Fathers: [[George Washington]](on October 21st, 1789) and [[John Adams]](on October 3, 1799).<ref name=dar>[http://www.ellsworthhomesteaddar.org/pb/wp_c59f15ea/wp_c59f15ea.html The Oliver Ellsworth Homestead]</ref>
Elmwood has been visited by two other Founding Fathers: [[George Washington]] (on October 21st, 1789) and [[John Adams]] (on October 3, 1799).<ref name=dar>[http://www.ellsworthhomesteaddar.org/pb/wp_c59f15ea/wp_c59f15ea.html The Oliver Ellsworth Homestead]</ref>
The house is a 2 1/2 story clapboarded house on 12.6 acres, sporting a portico with Tuscan columns.<ref name=parkservice>[http://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NHLS/Text/70000707.pdf Oliver Ellsworth Homestead], '''PDF'''</ref> Additionally, the house has dual fireplaces as can be seen by the two chimneys. The home underwent significant restoration during the late 1980's and early 1990's to return it to the historically correct time period for when Oliver Ellsworth lived there. The home is now a museum.<ref name=dar />
The house is a 2 1/2 story clapboarded house on 12.6 acres, sporting a portico with Tuscan columns.<ref name=parkservice>[http://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NHLS/Text/70000707.pdf Oliver Ellsworth Homestead], '''PDF'''</ref> Additionally, the house has dual fireplaces as can be seen by the two chimneys. The home underwent significant restoration during the late 1980's and early 1990's to return it to the historically correct time period for when Oliver Ellsworth lived there. The house is now a museum.<ref name=dar />
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and made a National Historic Landmark in 1989.<ref>[http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1002&ResourceType=Building National Historic Landmark summary listing]</ref>
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and made a National Historic Landmark in 1989.<ref>[http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1002&ResourceType=Building National Historic Landmark summary listing]</ref>
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