Reviews of Roseland Cottage (Bowling Alley)

jenny roberts

Great staff and wonderful event.

Gabriel L. Hall

Once was enough

Nancy Pare

The grounds are always so beautiful and well maintained. Relaxing to take a walk around especially when they have the Twilight Concerts.

Jill Lesage

Charlene was an awesome tour guide!

John Totter

This unique property owned and operated by Historic New England is beautiful. If you love local history and architecture, this is a very cool place.

Judy Ortiz

The garden tour was very informative. Professional landscaping

Claudia Cipolla

Rose Cottage at the Woodstock Art Festival

mike ninteau

A beautiful place to have a party. Very impressive

Peter Sr.

Beautiful gardens

Linda Carlson

We love Roseland Cottage. Its a beautiful place to visit and tour.

Di Ldgr Wlz

Great wedding venue

Tom Crew

Great story! Excellent tour staff, very knowledgeable!

Rich Goccia

Beautiful spot

Michael Cerreto

Historic Bowen Cottage "the pink house" hosts its annual crafts fair with some high-end artisans.

Stavros Macrakis

Extraordinary Victorian cottage with perfectly preserved interiors This cottage was the summer house of the Bowen family, wealthy dry good merchants in NYC. Built in the fashionable board-and-batten style, and painted in a surprising pink (its local nickname is the Pink House), it has preserved its mid-19th century interiors and furnishings, as well as its outbuildings, including the oldest indoor bowling alley in North America. Good tour -- though I would have liked to be able to photograph the interiors. Extraordinary!

Kirstin Hallden

Wonderfully surprising, informative tour. Amazing history!!!

Andrea Larkin

Good historical sites with lost of activities

Rjrzav

Roseland Cottage is a very beautiful place. I went there for a Civil War reenactment and it made me feel like I was back in the Civil War because that's what stuff look like back then I feel like you should go visit it because it has a lot of history there and if it looks very nice

Sam Son

This s a gem of a property to explore the grounds as well as take a house tour (the tour fee supports the upkeep of the historic property so I feel pretty good about it each time I visit). The gardens are stunning. A real work of art and volunteer effort of the local garden club. Kudos to them.. it clearly is a lot of effort to maintain such a garden. It amazes me such volunteerism still exists. Last tip... take a box lunch with you and enjoy a relaxing couple hours of touring and picnic. We visit the area a few times each year. There is much to see and do in the area with the local agricultural activities (farm stands, pick your own, etc) as well as scenic driving. Also a few min away is downtown Putnam with a number of cool antique shops, cafe's, etc. All in all, a very nice destination for a day in the country. Bottom line... Stop in, enjoy, and support their historic preservation efforts. You will not be disappointed one bit.

Kathy Trammell

Beautiful gardens and neat history on the house. Our tour guide was really knowledgeable and interesting to listen to. An unexpected treat all around.

Kim Bushey

Amazing history

D Sleeper

Lovely home with terrific gardens. Went during a craft fair and it was a great afternoon. They opened the house for tours even though it was the off season.

Kris K

We stopped in because entry was free and it's a reasonably short drive. Normally entrance fees are 10 bucks per person. IMO I don't think it's worth the entrance fee although I did not see the interior of the house. Pros: the grounds and exterior of the house were in good shape and had some nice photo ops. You can access everything for free except for the interior of the house. Cons: they do not allow self guided tours of the main attraction that being the interior of the house. They have a tour once per hour so that means you may have to wait a long time just to get a look at the interior. The tour group we observed was small maybe 15 people so you may have to wait a few hours if the place is busy. We asked why they didn't allow self guided tours. The reasoning we received from the staff was they had valuable artifacts to protect. We asked why they don't use methods like roping off and sensors so people can self guide. They had no answer. Apparently they did say we only have 1 property where self guided tours are allowed. So we have noted the company's name and website showing all the properties they have for touring and we will avoid them in the future due to our experience here.

Terry Terry

Grounds will be beautiful as they were just being prepared for season. Would expect it to be lovely as they finish tidying gardens. Display gallery was sparse and we did not go in to the house as it was too long a wait for next tour. We did notice that the tours of the inside of the house was pretty quick.

Lauran Higgins

If you enjoy history or architecture you must visit Roseland Cottage. Beautiful.

Laven Naidoo

An awesome and beautiful venue!

Samuel Chase

Great mansion, although we went for the horse show which want a good fit.

Nicholas Petrillo

Very cool place. Worth the tour. Unfortunately you can't see the kitchen, its where the offices are now. Beautiful garden, antique bowling alley, Presidential privy...lots to see.

Mark Brust

Pretty area and it's great for outside concerts.

Abdullah Homsi

Amazing

Shayne Kuhaneck

Great tour with knowledgable tour guide.

Nicole Evans

Wonderful place to have a wedding! Beautiful well kept grounds.

Edward Torrence

Randomly went here on a Sunday and was extremely impressed by the history and unique design/ornamentation.

Louise Chadborne

Very nice

Vince Edwards

Historical and quaint, Roseland Cottage is a must see for anyone traveling to the area.

Tim Davis

Very neat place. If your in the area worth the tour.

Kevin L

Beatiful Historic gardens.perfectly Manicured.by Adam and Kevin

Ashley Keith

Beautiful Cottage

Wayne Jacques

Very cool place loaded with history. Four presidents have visited there to speak on the lawn. Oldest bowling lane in the country (sweet).

Kristen B

Awesome place! Pretty piece of history. Interesting! Check it out, and take the tour!

lee marquis

Best fall fine Arts and Crafts show.

Natalie Vaisman

Very nice house, beautiful garden, unique architecture. Very knowledgeable guides.

Daniel Powell

Great tour guide. Very knowledgeable. Would recommend for anyone who likes history or architecture

Wendy Sweller

Beautiful

Christopher Della Grotta

Excellent outdoor arts and crafts fair. Beautiful location

jeanne kiendzior

The English gardens are amazing

Sal DeFini

Nice gardens outside. Did not go in. I wish they allowed self guided tours

Marlene Wheeler

Cute little historical home in a beautiful town. Visit every fall for craft fair in October.many affordable crafters.

Russ Hamilton

From craft shows to concerts to museum tours, this a fascinating lovely "cottage" and grounds.

Michele Giorgianni

Very interesting slice of well preserved history here. The tour was good and our guide was extremely knowledgeable and personable.

Don Freeman

Good burgers

Denise O'Reilly

Exhibited here during the Craft Festival last October. Stunning grounds in picturesque rural Connecticut.

Lindsay Heller

This was unbelievably beautiful. A unique house with historic furnishings (many original). It's probably the finest Gothic Revival I've ever seen. Maybe the finest standing. Everything is unique and gorgeous. A must see.

robert gardner

Informative tour. Main reason for going there was the steam punk festival. Good time. Skits, music, food, items to buy. Second year . Hope more pertisipation spelling???? In years to come. Could turn into something great. I recommend you give it a try next year . The history of the cottage is great and recommend that also.

Tina Roberts

I recently went to the garden party at the pink house with my friend. We both loved it. It’s worth a trip to take a tour of this beautiful home.

Erin Blanchfield

Lovely location in the quiet corner of CT

Marissa C

Beautiful grounds and my daughter had fun at the Easter egg hunt. They even brought in the Easter Bunny for the kids to see.

Steven Rothman

Beautiful

William Reid

A gem of a museum.

Bee Hill

The day was beautiful for a historic tour. The drive was easy from Springfield. We registered for a group tour at the desk in the side building. We didn't wait long. Our guide was really nice. She took us into the main house where we walked around the lower level followed by a tour of the up stairs rooms. We couldn't go into the servant portion of the house. I guess there's tours for that at different time of the year. Our guide was well studied on the property and the family who settled there. After the tour we walked the grounds admiring the gardens and the short trails on the property. This was a great visit. You'll find a lot of the original surroundings in place. It was all very interesting and a great way to spend an afternoon. Please give a thumbs up if this post was helpful. Thanks.

Roger Mock

Spectacular gardens and grounds. Arrived too late for inside your.

P.trainman1957 Smith

This is a wonderful place to stop and see

Karen Mcdonald

Beautiful historical house. I love the woodwork. The guides were very knowledgeable.

kathy johansen

What a beautiful property.the grounds,outbuildings and the house are stunning with that Victorian flair. I visited the cottage for an outdoor event and didn't get a chance to tour the house.If the inside looks anything like the outside,I'm sure the interior is glorious.

Lynne Daniels

Lovely architectural treasure to visit as part of a Connecticut weekend trip. The gardens is very pretty so maybe it’s best to visit spring through fall

Thomas Bowen

A wonderfully preserved piece of history from the mid 1800s. This is a mansion not a cottage but wealthy businessmen called their summer home a "cottage" regardless of the size. It looks like Henry Chandler Bowen and his wife left yesterday and will return home today as all the furniture is in place. H.C. Bowen was our GGG Uncle. Lt. Henry Bowen was our direct ancestor and one of the original founders of Woodstock in 1686. If you have any interest in old houses don't miss this one. The original bowling alley in the barn is quite a sight also.

Jerry Caudill

This was owned by the Boeing's back in the late eighteen hundreds Woodstock Connecticut

Philip Mallouk

We enjoyed a special candle light tour as guests of the local garden club. Roseland was the country estate of Henry Bowen of Brooklyn Heights, New York, his wife and ten children.

Diane Murphy

We went for the summer tour. Wow! Excellent! Lots of information, not rushed, so much to see.