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SOUNDWATERS, Environmental Education Center, Stamford
The "Holly Houses," as they are known
in the national register, consist of two separate buildings. The first
one dates to 1791. Then, in 1835, John W. Holly constructed a second,
two story Georgian house adjacent to the first. These two elegant but
simple houses make the new home for SoundWaters' Environmental Education
Center. It is used as a community and educational center for all kinds
of children's programs, in addition to exhibit spaces for rotating educational
events that may even take place on any of the three restored porches.
The setting, in a grand public park on Long Island Sound, provides an
intimate relationship with the SoundWaters environmental programs. And
the restoration itself was completed with great attention to sustainable
materials and environmental engineering systems.
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