Pequotsepos Manor is located in Mystic

Mystic, Connecticut

Mystic is a village and census-designated place in New London County, Connecticut, in the United States. The population was 4,001 at the 2000 census. A historic locality, Mystic has no independent government because it is not a legally recognized municipality in the state of Connecticut...

, Connecticut

Connecticut

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. The house was built in 1717 and added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 on June 15, 1979.

History

The house was built in 1717 by George Denison. The Denison Society was established in 1930 and took over the Manor in 1941. In 1946, architect J. Frederick Kelly

J. Frederick Kelly

J. Frederick Kelly was an American architect who has designed significant houses. Kelly was regarded as the leading architectural historian in Connecticut....

restored the house as a museum. The manor is currently undergoing another renovation.