Bush-Holley House
39 Strickland Rd., Greenwich, CTConstructed ca. 1732, the Bush-Holley House is representative of 18th-century residential architecture built during and after the Dutch settlement period in Greenwich. It relates as well to the entrepreneurship of David Bush, owner of the property during the mid-18th century who promoted mercantilism in Cos Cobby establishing a tide mill on Strickland Brook across the street from the house. An art colony after 1900 under the proprietorship of artist/sculptor Elmer Livingston MacRae, the house and three outbuildings are associated with American Impressionism, an important movement in art and literature.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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