Pratt House in Essex Connecticut Wood Print

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For two centuries, Pratt House was home to the descendants of Lt. William Pratt, one of the three First Settlers of Essex. The house sits proudly on West Avenue, welcoming visitors to the Town. Its barn, traditional herb garden and lovely meadow complete the pastoral setting of a New England farm-house, beckoning us back to a way of life that has all but vanished. Since 1985, Pratt House has been owned and preserved by the Essex Historical Society. Come hear the stories it has to tell and be transported back in time to a bygone era.

Carol M. Highsmith Influenced by Frances Benjamin Johnston and Dorothea Lange Carol M. Highsmith (born 1946) is a photographer, author, and publisher who has photographed all 50 of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for 30 years. She specializes in documenting architecture, ranging from the monumental to the everyday and whimsical. Highsmith is donating her life’s work of more than 100,000 images, copyright-free, to the Library of Congress, which established a rare one-person archive. Out of 14 million images, the Carol M. Highsmith collection is featured in the top six alongside of Mathew Brady and Dorethea Lange. [1] Photography Career “Is Carol Highsmith the most...