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18-507: Harriet Beecher Stowe House may refer to: Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Hartford, Connecticut) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Brunswick, Maine) , NRHP-listed Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Cincinnati, Ohio) , NRHP-listed See also [ edit ] Harriet Beecher Stowe Mandarin, Florida Topics referred to by

36-461: A critical social issue in the tradition of Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin . Recipients include: Delaware (grape) The skin of the Delaware grape when ripened has a pale red, almost pinkish colour, a tender skin, and juicy sweet flesh. It has small fruit clusters with small berries that do not have the pronounced 'foxiness' of other V. labrusca grapes. It is a slip-skin variety, meaning that

54-539: A girl, also acquired the neighboring Mark Twain House and saved it from development in 1929. Day bequeathed her Hartford properties to a foundation dedicated to Stowe's legacy. Now known as the Stowe Center for Literary Activism, officially founded in 1941, this organization carefully restored the property in 1965–68, and now operates it as a historic house museum . It was first opened to the public in 1968. The home

72-461: Is also a table grape variety sold in supermarkets throughout South Korea and Japan, where V. labrusca grape varieties are popular for their fragrance. Delaware Punch is named for the Delaware grape from which its flavor is primarily derived. The Delaware grape was probably discovered in Frenchtown, New Jersey , but was first brought to public notice by Abram Thomson, of Delaware, Ohio , in

90-492: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Hartford, Connecticut) The Stowe Center for Literary Activism is a history museum and National Historic Landmark at 73 Forest Street in Hartford , Connecticut that was once the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe , author of the 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin . Stowe lived in this house for

108-498: The American Civil War made the project difficult but Harriet enjoyed supervising the work. She wrote to her publisher James T. Fields , "I go every day to see it—I am busy with drains sewers sinks digging trenching—& above all with manure!—You should see the joy with which I gaze on manure heaps to which the eye of faith sees Delaware grapes & D'Angouleme pears & all sorts of roses & posies". She named

126-407: The 1850s. Although it is said to be an American variety, its parentage is unknown and is thought to have a significant Vitis vinifera component in its background, possibly explaining the susceptibility to fungal diseases and the requirement for grafting onto Phylloxera -resistant root stock for best growth. T.V. Munson believed it to be a hybrid of V. labrusca , V. vinifera , and "bourquiniana",

144-583: The Center’s historic collections, promotes vibrant discussion of her life and work, and inspires commitment to social justice and positive change." (Mission Statement of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center) After Harriet Beecher Stowe's death in 1896, the property was sold out of the family. It was reacquired by her grandniece, Katharine Seymour Day , in 1924. Day, who had known the family of Mark Twain as

162-655: The Stowes sold the house and moved to this home on Forest Street. The home was originally built by Franklin Chamberlin, who had also sold the adjacent land to Mark Twain upon which the Mark Twain House was built. Stowe remained in the home for the last 23 years of her life. Among the works she published while living here was Pogunuc People (1878). She maintained an active career; in addition to her writing, she also embarked on two lecture tours while living in

180-492: The building "Oakholm". The home was complete enough that, by May 1, 1864, she wrote, "I came here a month ago to hurry on the preparations for our house, in which I am now writing, in the high bow-window of Mr. Stowe's study, overlooking the wood and river. We are not moved in yet, only our things, and the house presents a scene of the wildest chaos, the furniture having been tumbled in and lying boxed and promiscuous." By 1873, however, Oakholm became too expensive to maintain, and

198-800: The first floor, and bedrooms on the second. Though Harriet Beecher Stowe and her family had previously lived in several other homes, Oakholm was the first constructed specifically for them. Harriet Beecher Stowe had been living in Massachusetts with her husband Calvin Ellis Stowe , who taught at the Andover Theological Seminary . When Calvin gave his resignation, effective in August 1863, Harriet set to work preparing their first home in Hartford. Fluctuating costs caused by

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216-480: The house and center's collections, with a research library that includes letters and documents from the family. The collections include an estimated 6,000 objects and over 200,000 manuscripts, books, photographs, and other materials. The site is part of the Connecticut Women's Heritage Trail. Stowe Center for Literary Activism annually awards a prize to a U.S. author whose work is deemed to have affected

234-434: The house is basically rectangular, it has a complex roof, with a jerkin-headed gable running parallel to the street, a hip-roof extension to the rear, and small dormers flanking a central dormer flush to the front facade. The gables are decorated with bargeboard, and the eaves have Italianate brackets. The interior of the house follows a fairly conventional center hall plan, with two parlors, dining room, kitchen, and pantry on

252-558: The house. She also pushed for support of the local Wadsworth Atheneum and assisted in establishing the Hartford Art School, now part of the University of Hartford . Stowe died in her upstairs bedroom in the house in 1896 with several of her children, her sister Isabella Beecher Hooker , and other family members at her side. " The Stowe Center for Literary Activism preserves and interprets Stowe’s Hartford home and

270-484: The last 23 years of her life. It was her family's second home in Hartford. The 5,000 sq ft (460 m ) cottage-style house is located adjacent to the Mark Twain House and is open to the public. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and declared a National Historic Landmark in 2013. The Stowe House is a two-story brick building, painted gray, resting on a brick foundation. Although

288-451: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Harriet Beecher Stowe House . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harriet_Beecher_Stowe_House&oldid=1086371871 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

306-533: The skin is easily separated from the fruit. The grapes are used to make wines including dry, sweet, icewine but is famed for spicy sparkling wines. The wine is light pink to white in colour. It is a commercially viable grape vine which is grown in the Northeast and Midwest United States, and is vigorous when grafted onto a Phylloxera -resistant root stock. The Delaware grape is susceptible to downy mildew and ripens earlier than 'Concord' . The Delaware grape

324-652: Was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and declared a National Historic Landmark in 2013. Today, guided tours are offered to the public, and the house includes original family furnishings and memorabilia. Annual visitation is over 25,000. In addition to the Stowe House, the Center manages an 1873 carriage house, which now serves as the visitor's center, and the Katharine Seymour Day House (1884). The Stowe Center preserves

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