Butler-McCook Homestead
The Butler-McCook Homestead is a historic house museum at 396 Main Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Built in 1782, it is one of the city’s few remaining 18th-century houses and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Today it is operated by Connecticut Landmarks as the Butler-McCook House & Garden.
The house sits on about 2 acres near Pulaski Mall. It is a two-and-a-half story wooden structure with a side-gable roof and clapboard siding, featuring two interior chimneys. The front has five bays with a centered entry, a small porch with round columns, a hip roof, and a projecting cornice. The roof includes three dormers. A rear wing houses a colonial kitchen on the first floor, while the second floor was added in the 19th century. A late 19th-century single-story structure is attached to the right side. The property also includes formal gardens designed by landscape architect Jacob Weidenman.
The house was built for Dr. Daniel Butler, a physician who kept his consulting room there. Rev. John James McCook, a Trinity College professor and rector in East Hartford, also lived in the home. In 1897, his son, Dr. John Butler McCook, added the right-hand wing to serve as his office. The Butler family owned the house for about two centuries before it became a museum. Its rooms display family memorabilia spanning Colonial to Victorian eras, and the Main Street History Center offers exhibits about Hartford’s history. Connecticut Landmarks also operates other historic house museums.
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