National Register of Historic Places

Plant, Morton Freeman, Hunting Lodge

East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut
Listed
December 12, 1988
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
88002691

About this property

The Morton Freeman Plant Hunting Lodge is the centerpiece of a hunting retreat at 56 Stone Ranch Road in East Lyme, Connecticut. It is a large two-story Bungalow style house, designed by Dudley St. Clair Donnelly and built in 1908 by financier Morton Freeman Plant, and is one of the only early 20th-century purpose-built hunting lodges in the state. It was the heart of a large 2,400-acre (970 ha) private game preserve that Plant stocked with game birds. The property, now reduced to 105 acres (42 ha), is surrounded by town conservation land and a state military reservation. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1988.

Location

56 Stone Ranch Rd.
East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut
41.35793, -72.26592

Categories

ENTERTAINMENT/RECREATIONARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Plant, Morton Freeman, Hunting Lodge listed on the National Register?

Plant, Morton Freeman, Hunting Lodge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1988.

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Plant, Morton Freeman, Hunting Lodge is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Plant, Morton Freeman, Hunting Lodge is recorded as the industrial era.

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