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New London County
=Harkness Memorial State Park= Waterford, Connecticut 06385 Harkness Memorial State Park web site Harkness Memorial State Park map

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Harkness Memorial SP
Coordinates: 41.3014861, -72.1119044 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Goshen Cove
Coordinates: 41.303347, -72.1201248 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Harkness Memorial State Park
Enjoy the panoramic views of Long Island Sound from Eolia, the elegant summer mansion of the Harkness family set on over 230 seaside acres of sweeping lawns, with stately trees and spectacular gardens.

Originally from Ohio, Edward S. Harkness was to become heir to a fortune initiated by his father's substantial investments in John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil. Instilled at an early age with an ardent love for his fellow man and a feeling of responsibility for the wise and just use of the wealth at his command, Mr. Harkness was to bestow over two hundred million dollars upon wide-ranging philanthropies.

The mansion was purchased in 1907 by Edward and Mary Harkness. From 1918 to 1929, extensive work was done to the grounds by noted landscape designer Beatrix Jones Farrand (one of the founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects). The estate was left to the State of Connecticut in 1950 and became part of the State Park system in 1952. From Harkness Memorial State Park web site

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