Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish

Name: Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
Address: Cornish, United States

#1 among attractions in Cornish

Museum, Top attraction, History museum

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Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park in Cornish, New Hampshire, preserves the home, gardens, and studios of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, one of America's foremost sculptors. This was his summer residence from 1885 to 1897, his permanent home from 1900 until his death in 1907, and the center of the Cornish Art Colony. There are two hiking trails that explore the park's natural areas. Original sculptures are on exhibit, along with reproductions of his greatest masterpieces. It is located on Saint-Gaudens Road in Cornish, 0.5 miles off New Hampshire Route 12A. ()

Alternative names: Built: 1817 (208 years ago)Area: 0.58 mi²Visitors per year: 26.9 thous.Coordinates: 43°29'57"N, 72°22'28"W

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Cornish (Cornish Colony)Cornish United States

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Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Ascutney, Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge, Cornish Colony Museum, American Precision Museum.

5.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Trail
Mount Ascutney, Brownsville
142 min walk • Mount Ascutney is a mountain and inactive volcano in the U.S. state of Vermont. At 3,144 feet, it is the second-highest peak in Windsor County. Mount Ascutney is a monadnock that rises abruptly from the surrounding lowlands.
1.8 miS
Historical place, Bridge
Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge, Windsor
47 min walk • The Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge is a 155-year-old, two-span, timber Town lattice-truss, interstate, covered bridge that crosses the Connecticut River between Cornish, New Hampshire, and Windsor, Vermont. Until 2008, when the Smolen–Gulf Bridge opened in Ohio, it had been the longest covered bridge in the United States.
1.6 miSW
Museum, Art museum
Cornish Colony Museum, Windsor
42 min walk • The Cornish Colony Museum was located in Windsor, Vermont. It was an art museum and educational institution, dedicated to displaying and teaching about the creative individuals who lived and worked in the Cornish Art Colony.
1.9 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
American Precision Museum, Windsor
48 min walk • The American Precision Museum is located in the renovated 1846 Robbins & Lawrence factory on South Main Street in Windsor, Vermont.
1.2 miSW
Museum, History museum
Old Constitution House, Windsor
30 min walk • The Old Constitution House is a historic house at 16 North Main Street in Windsor, Vermont. It is the birthplace of the Vermont Republic and the Constitution of the State of Vermont.
5.2 miSW
Winter sport, Ski area
Ascutney Mountain Resort, Brownsville
133 min walk • Ascutney Mountain Resort was a downhill ski area on the western side of Mount Ascutney in Brownsville, Vermont that operated from 1946 until 2010.
1.5 miSW
Park
Windsor House, Windsor
38 min walk • The Windsor House is a historic former hotel building at 54 Main Street in Windsor, Vermont. Built in 1836, it was for many years a mainstay of the village's travel industry, whose famous guests include Theodore Roosevelt.
1.9 miSW
Dam
Ascutney Mill Dam, Windsor
49 min walk • Ascutney Mill Dam, also known as the Windsor Upper Dam and the Mill Pond Dam, is an arch-gravity dam which is one of the oldest and among the earliest storage dams in the United States.
2.4 miS
Bridge
Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge, Cornish
62 min walk • The Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge, also known as the Cornish Mills Bridge, is a historic wooden covered bridge, carrying Root Hill Road over Mill Brook in Cornish Mills, New Hampshire.
1.7 miNW
43°30'48"N • 72°24'8"W
Artisans Park, Windsor
44 min walk • Park, Neighbourhood, Shopping
1.4 miSW
Neighbourhood
Windsor Village Historic District, Windsor
37 min walk • The Windsor Village Historic District is a historical district in the center of Windsor, Vermont. It includes several dozen properties which were built in the 18th, the 19th, and in the beginning of the 20th centuries, built in different architectural styles.