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Isham-Terry House Tour (virtual program)

Thursday, May 15 at 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Join us on Zoom for a virtual tour of the Isham-Terry House!

A stalwart survivor of once the most elite Hartford neighborhoodthe Isham-Terry House is a time capsule of genteel life in turn-of-the-century Hartford. In 1896, Dr. Oliver Isham purchased the 1854 Italianate house for his medical practice and as a home for himself, his parents and his three sisters. His sisters, Julia and Charlotte, lived in the house until their deaths in the 1970s as urban renewal claimed many of the houses in the once-grand neighborhood. Explore this beloved family home to learn about the booming industries and culture of Hartford in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, understand medical practice and public health at this time, and learn more about the Isham and Terry families through the items they owned.  

This program will be led by Isham-Terry volunteer interpreter Jan Beatty.  After retiring as the art and architecture editor in the College Division of Oxford University Press, Jan became a docent at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. She has been guiding tours both at the museum and at the Austin House for the past 10 years; in the last few years, she joined the Connecticut Landmarks team at the Isham-Terry house.

Please register; Zoom links will go out the day before the event.

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Thursday, May 15
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2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
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