From Smokestacks to Mansions: Eolia Mansion at Harkness

Have you been keeping up with the Gilded Age? Curious to know who the big players in Connecticut were? Join Gilded Age historian and Barnes Museum curator Christina Volpe for an engaging exploration of Connecticut’s industrial rise and the families who helped shape it. Discover how fortunes built in factories gave way to grand coastal estates like Eolia Mansion at Harkness State Park.
You’ll take a step back in time and uncover the legacies these families left behind in both architecture and community life.

Date: September 8, 2025
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: 275 Great Neck Rd, Waterford, CT 06385
Admission: Free for members | $10 for non-members
To Register & Learn More: https://www.friendsofharkness.org/event/gilded-age-event-smokestacks-to-mansions/

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