The official WEB site for the Cornish Colony Museum is at the link: Cornish Colony Museum. Please visit that site for more details and news about the museum which is located in the historic town of Windsor, Vermont. Maxfield Parrish called Windsor his "home town" for many years, even though his house was technically across the river in New Hampshire.
We often get asked about places to stay in the Cornish Colony area. While there are many fine hotels and scenic motels serving the Dartmouth College/ Hanover, NH area, the closest lodging is the historic 1902 Federal mansion the Juniper Hill Inn. which is located high on a hillside overlooking the Town of Windsor, Vermont. Those of you familiar with the area know that Windsor, Vermont was the industrial and shopping center for the Cornish Colony in Maxfield Parrish's time. In fact, Parrish gave one of his paintings to the tellers at the then Windsor National Bank in appreciation of their years of service to him. Juniper Hill Inn has 16 rooms, all air-conditioned, and is a full service bed & breakfast inn. As of the new year 2006, this lovely inn has new owners, Robert and Ari, and they can be reached at (800) 359-2041
We are very proud of the magnificent job which Ten Speed Press of Berkeley, California has done in publishing seven of Alma Gilbert's books. For a look at their WEB site, please click on: TenSpeed Press
For a look at the must-see Augustus Saint-Gaudens national historic site located in the heart of the Cornish Colony, Cornish, New Hampshire, click on: The Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site. This site is the only major museum actually located across the Connecticut River in the state of New Hampshire. It is about 2 miles north of the famous Cornish-Windsor covered bridge, itself a renowned scenic attraction in the area.
For a look at one of our favorite local museums, point to the link for the American Precision Museum, which is located in the historic town of Windsor, Vermont, right across the Connecticut River from Cornish, NH. Click on: American Precision Museum.This museum received a large number of machines and tools from Maxfield Parrish's machine shop. Those items were donated to the American Precision Museum by Alma Gilbert when she closed the Maxfield Parrish Museum at The Oaks back in 1985.