The Hill-Stead Museum

Farmington, CT Lesbian & Gay Wedding Venue

A National Historic Landmark

Member of Connecticut's Historical Gardens

 

The Hill-Stead Museum - A 1901 Colonial Style Litchfield Hills Home Filled with Art & Antiques

A National Historic Landmark and an Project of Save America’s Treasures, Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, Connecticut, is a stop on the Connecticut Art Trail and a member of Connecticut’s Historic Gardens.

 

Hill-Stead is noted for its 1901 33,000 square foot house filled with art and antiques. Pioneering female architect Theodate Pope Riddle designed the Colonial Revival-style house, set on 152 hilltop acres, to showcase the Impressionist masterpieces amassed by her father, Cleveland iron industrialist Alfred A. Pope.

 

Hill-Stead is one of the nation’s few remaining representations of early 20th-century Country Place Estates.

 

Art Collections include:

• Original 1900 Antique Furnishings
• Claude Monet
• Edgar Degas
• Édouard Manet
• James M. Whistler
• Mary Cassatt
• Japanese Woodblock Prints

 

Tented Wedding Receptions at Our Litchfield Hills West Lawn & Veranda

A superb setting with distant vistas of the Litchfield Hills and nearby views of the estate’s farm buildings, meadows and pond, this area accommodates a tent and large gatherings. Electrical service is close by and allows for convenient catering. A Mount Vernonesque veranda at the front façade expands space.

 

Capacity: 150-200 for dinner seating, 200 standing.

 

Grass Court with Handcrafted Stone Walls

Once the Pope family's grass tennis court, this newly restored site is situated across from the Sunken Garden and adjacent to the West Lawn. Accented by handcrafted stone walls on two sides, the Grass Court offers views of the historic house with its Mount Vernon style verandah.

 

The site was fully improved in 2007 with electrical and water connections to accommodate caterers and other vendors. Final landscaping will include maple and crabapple trees.

 

Capacity: 200 for seated reception, 200 standing.

 

Lavishly Decorated Pope Board Room

Host your small gathering in this lavishly decorated room adjacent to the museum’s exhibition spaces. A connecting stone porch can be used for cocktails in fair weather. The Pope Board Room also serves as a dressing room with private restroom.

 

Capacity: 24 for dinner seating, 50 standing reception, 30 lecture style seating.

 

Magical Sunken Garden

This magical one acre perennial garden blooms from early spring through autumn. Set in a natural depression and surrounded by rustic stone walls, the garden’s cool colors reflect the palette of Hill-Stead’s Impressionist paintings. A summer house at the center is a focal point, accented by brick pathways radiating out among 36 flower beds.

 

• Stately Trees
• Seasonal Gardens
• Over Three Miles of Stone Walls and Woodland Trails

 

The 1920 sunken garden designed by landscape architect Beatrix Farrand is the site of the renowned Sunken Garden Poetry Festival.  

 

Capacity: 150 standing reception.

 

Charming & Rustic Makeshift Theater

This airy Arts and Crafts style space, originally designed as a theater, is charming and rustic. Original benches accent the room, and an adjacent gallery space expands options.

 

Capacity: 80 for dinner seating, 100 standing reception, 130 lecture style seating.   

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