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This mansion was built by Civil War banker-railroad tycoon LeGrand Lockwood. The partially restored 60-room chateau contains stenciled walls, inlaid woodwork and a skylit rotunda. Displays include a collection of 19th century music boxes.

The mansion was completed in 1868 at a cost of $2 million. Lockwood's financial reversals in 1869 and his untimely death in 1872 resulted in the loss of the estate, and its sale to Charles Mathews, a New York importer, in 1876 for $90,000. In 1941 the family sold it to the City of Norwalk for $170,000. It is now a public park.

Guided tours of the first and second floors are offered on the hour Tuesday-Friday, 11am-2pm, Sunday 1pm-4pm in mid-March through mid-December; closed holidays.

Location: 295 West Ave., Norwalk Connecticut 06850 Telephone 203-838-9799 Fax 203-838-1434

Other History nearby:
(New York City) Alice Austen House
(Madison) Allis-Bushnell House and Museum
(New York City) American Craft Museum
(New York City) American Museum of the Moving Image
(New York City) American Numismatic Society
(New Haven) Amistad Memorial

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