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Tranquility Farm

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268:, and is roughly divided by Tranquility Road and Whittemore Road. The estate's landscape features broad meadows with expansive views over the lake, stone walls lining the roadways, and a large woodland area to the east. There are several clusters of buildings which dot this landscape, with the main house near the junction of Tranquility and Whittemore Roads. It was an expansive structure, with a fieldstone lower level and shingled exterior. At the southern end of the property are the buildings of the True Quality Farm, the estate's working farmyards. Prominent among these buildings is the former farmhouse, a Federal-period gable-roofed building. 62: 854: 287:. The house designed for him was rare in the state as an inland example of the Shingle style, which is most often found in coastal settings, and for its transitional Colonial Revival features. McKim, Mead & White also designed some of the buildings in the farm complex, and the estate's boathouse was designed by Henry Moeckel. The landscaping of the estate, which includes grading to obscure features such as roadways from a number of vantage points, was primarily the work of 87: 48: 865: 94: 69: 743: 838: 774: 758: 889: 300: 748: 833: 779: 420: 800: 702: 733: 667: 632: 707: 612: 572: 397: 672: 662: 657: 637: 753: 587: 502: 622: 617: 492: 712: 677: 582: 557: 697: 647: 627: 602: 592: 577: 567: 552: 532: 507: 497: 487: 717: 692: 597: 537: 517: 512: 482: 472: 652: 607: 547: 522: 477: 784: 682: 562: 527: 738: 687: 642: 542: 450: 435: 390: 466: 127: 868: 383: 858: 430: 61: 86: 406: 328: 249: 34: 241: 821: 284: 894: 236:. The estate was developed in the 1890s by industrialist John H. Whittemore, with architectural design by the noted firm of 248:. The main house was a rare inland example of Shingle Style architecture in the state. The property was listed on the 826: 805: 233: 115: 440: 280: 276: 272: 237: 445: 425: 354: 333: 265: 271:
Development of the estate was commissioned by John H. Whittemore, a businessman who was born in
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Tranquility Farm occupies nearly 300 acres (120 ha) on the east side of
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in 1982. The main house was demolished sometime after listing.
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McKim,Mead & White; Eliot,Charles & Warren H. Manning
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is a historic summer estate located on Tranquility Road in
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Tranquility Farm is located in Connecticut
Tranquility Farm is located in the United States
Middlebury, Connecticut
41°32′0″N 73°8′29″W / 41.53333°N 73.14139°W / 41.53333; -73.14139 (Orrin Todd House)
82004355
Middlebury, Connecticut
McKim, Mead & White
Charles Eliot
Warren H. Manning
National Register of Historic Places
Lake Quassapaug
Connecticut Route 64
Southbury
Naugatuck
McKim, Mead & White
buildings in the city center
Warren H. Manning
National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven County, Connecticut


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tranquility Farm"
National Park Service
accompanying pictures

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