Putnam Cottage, Greenwich

Name: Putnam Cottage
Address: 243 E Putnam Ave, Greenwich, 06830-4808, United States
Telephone: +1 203-869-9697

#2 among attractions in Greenwich

Top attraction, Museum, Historical place, History museum

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Facts and practical information

Putnam Cottage was also known as Knapp Tavern during the American Revolution. It is located at 243 East Putnam Avenue, on the former route of the Boston Post Road, in Greenwich, Connecticut. ()

Built: 1731 (293 years ago)Coordinates: 41°2'13"N, 73°37'10"W

Address

243 E Putnam AveCentral Greenwich (Lower North Street)Greenwich 06830-4808 United States

Contact

+1 203-869-9697

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Day trips

Putnam Cottage – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Little Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Greenwich Library, Greenwich Town Hall, St. Mary's Church.

0.7 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Little Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Greenwich
17 min walk • The Little Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, now the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, is a historic church building and congregation at 44 Lake Avenue in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States.
0.7 miSW
Library
Greenwich Library, Greenwich
19 min walk • Greenwich Library is the main library in the Greenwich library system of Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. The Greenwich Library system consists of the Main Library and its Byram Shubert and Cos Cob branches.
1 miSW
City hall
Greenwich Town Hall, Greenwich
25 min walk • The Greenwich Senior Center, formerly Greenwich Town Hall, is a historic municipal building at 299 Greenwich Avenue in the business district of Greenwich, Connecticut. USA.
0.5 miSW
Church
St. Mary's Church, Greenwich
14 min walk • St. Mary is a Roman Catholic church in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States, part of the Diocese of Bridgeport.
1.1 miE
41°2'20"N • 73°35'55"W
The Drawing Room Boutique, Greenwich
28 min walk • Museum
0.5 miSW
Church
Methodist Episcopal Church, Greenwich
12 min walk • The Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church and parsonage at 61 East Putnam Avenue in Greenwich, Connecticut. Built in 1868-69 for a Methodist congregation established in 1805, the church is a fine local example of Carpenter Gothic architecture, and the parsonage, built in 1872, is a good example of Italianate architecture.
~1710 ftS
Observatories and planetariums
Bowman Observatory, Greenwich
9 min walk • Bowman Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Greenwich, Connecticut Board of Education. Members of The Astronomical Society of Greenwich staff the observatory under the auspices of the Board's Continuing Education Department.
0.9 miW
Gothic Revival architecture
Rosemary Hall, Greenwich
23 min walk • Rosemary Hall was an independent girls school at Ridgeway and Zaccheus Mead Lane in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was later merged into Choate Rosemary Hall and moved to the Choate boys' school campus in Wallingford, Connecticut.
1 miE
Neighbourhood
Strickland Road Historic District, Greenwich
25 min walk • The Strickland Road Historic District of Greenwich, Connecticut is a 9-acre historic district that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
0.5 miW
Neighbourhood
Fourth Ward Historic District, Greenwich
12 min walk • The Fourth Ward Historic District encompasses an early urban residential subdivision of Greenwich, Connecticut. Extending north from United States Route 1 along Sherwood Place, Church Street, and adjacent streets, it is one of two subdivisions created before the arrival of the railroad in Greenwich in 1848.
~200 ftS
Neighbourhood
Putnam Hill Historic District, Greenwich
1 min walk • The Putnam Hill Historic District encompasses a former town center of Greenwich, Connecticut. Located on United States Route 1 between Millbank Avenue and Old Church Road, the district includes the churches of two historic congregations, a former tavern, and a collection of fine mid-Victorian residential architecture.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Putnam Cottage?

Nearby attractions include Putnam Hill Historic District, Greenwich (1 min walk), Bowman Observatory, Greenwich (9 min walk), Fourth Ward Historic District, Greenwich (12 min walk), Methodist Episcopal Church, Greenwich (12 min walk).

How to get to Putnam Cottage by public transport?

The nearest stations to Putnam Cottage:

Train

Greenwich (29 min walk)
Cos Cob (29 min walk)