Wadsworth Mansion, Middletown

Name: Wadsworth Mansion
Address: 421 Wadsworth St, Middletown, United States

#10 among attractions in Middletown

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The Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill Estate is located at 421 Wadsworth Street in Middletown, Connecticut. It is a 16,000-square-foot classical revival house situated on 103 acres wooded area. It is currently owned by the City of Middletown and is operated by the Long Hill Estate Authority. The mansion is the centerpiece of the Wadsworth Estate Historic District of 270 acres, which includes the mansion's associated outbuildings, the Middletown portion of Wadsworth Falls State Park, the Nehemiah Hubbard House, and several barns and farmhouses along Laurel Grove Road such as the Harriet Cooper Lane House. ()

Built: 1900 (124 years ago)Coordinates: 41°32'36"N, 72°40'27"W

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421 Wadsworth StMiddletown United States

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Wadsworth Mansion – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Indian Hill Cemetery, Wadsworth Falls State Park, Church of the Holy Trinity and Rectory, St. Sebastian Church.

1 miNE
Cemetery
Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown
25 min walk • Indian Hill Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at 383 Washington Street in Middletown, Connecticut on a hill adjacent to Wesleyan University.
1.1 miSW
Park
Wadsworth Falls State Park, Millers Pond State Park
27 min walk • Wadsworth Falls State Park, or simply Wadsworth Falls, is a public recreation and preserved natural area located on the Coginchaug River in the towns of Middletown and Middlefield, Connecticut. The state park's 285 acres offer trail hiking and fishing. Swimming, picnicking, and alcohol are no longer allowed.
1.7 miNE
Church
Church of the Holy Trinity and Rectory, Middletown
44 min walk • The Church of the Holy Trinity is an historic Episcopal church at 381 Main Street in Middletown, Connecticut. Completed in 1874, it is one of the city's finest examples of Gothic Revival architecture. Its nearby former rectory, also known as the Bishop Acheson House, is one of its finest Colonial Revival houses.
1.5 miNE
Church
St. Sebastian Church, Middletown
40 min walk • Saint Sebastian is a Roman Catholic church in Middletown, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Norwich.
1.1 miNE
Observatories and planetariums
Van Vleck Observatory, Middletown
30 min walk • Van Vleck Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Wesleyan University. It was built in 1914 and named after the former head of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy at the university, Prof. John M. Van Vleck.
0.4 miN
Dam
Starr Mill, Middletown
11 min walk • Two 19th century factory buildings are sited on a bank beside Starr Mill pond on Beverly Heights just off Middlefield Street.
1.3 miNE
Art gallery, Universities and schools
Wesleyan University, Middletown
33 min walk • Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown, the college was the first institution of higher...
1.4 miNE
Romanesque revival architecture
Xi Chapter, Middletown
35 min walk • The Xi Chapter, Psi Upsilon Fraternity is a fraternity chapter at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Its 1891 building, the Psi Upsilon Fraternity Building, is an architecturally significant example of Romanesque and Jacobethan architecture, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
1.3 miNE
Temple
Buddhist Faith Fellowship of Connecticut, Middletown
33 min walk • The Buddhist Faith Fellowship is a non-denominational Buddhist Church, located in Middletown, Connecticut, situated in Middlesex County. It was founded in 2001.
0.4 miN
Bridge
Starr Mill Road Bridge, Middletown
11 min walk • The Starr Mill Road Bridge is a historic bridge in Middletown, Connecticut. It is a single span Warren through truss bridge, spanning the Coginchaug River near the Starr Mill complex on the west bank of the river.
1.5 miNE
Greek Revival architecture
Samuel Wadsworth Russell House, Middletown
39 min walk • The Samuel Russell House is a neoclassical house at 350 High Street in Middletown, Connecticut, built in 1828 to a design by architect Ithiel Town. Many architectural historians consider it to be one of the finest Greek Revival mansions in the northeastern United States.

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Nearby attractions include Starr Mill Road Bridge, Middletown (11 min walk), Starr Mill, Middletown (11 min walk), Nehemiah Hubbard House, Middletown (13 min walk).