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Chapman Studio is spring time. The trees are beginning to get their leaves and there is the start of a lawn in front of the small building. Bright sunlight shines through the forest

Chapman

Chapman Studio was funded by Mrs. Alice Woodrough Chapman in memory of her husband, composer George Alexander Chapman. Symmetrically massed, the building is stuccoed on the exterior with a natural, unpainted cement. Its unusual half-timbered ornament consists of slender, knotty spruce poles painted a dark green color. A central, peak-roofed entrance porch appears on the north side…
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Cheney Studio in summer surrounded by a lush forest

Cheney

Cheney Studio was given to MacDowell by Mrs. Benjamin P. Cheney and Mrs. Karl Kauffman. Like Barnard Studio, Cheney is a low, broadly massed bungalow. Sited on a steep westward slope, its porches are supported on wooden posts and fieldstone with lattices. Although it still retains its appealing character, the original design of the shingled building…
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Delta Omicron studio in spring time. The dark-sided studio has a large stone chimney. The building is surrounded by a tall forest with bright green leaves, ferns begin to grow around it

Delta Omicron

Delta Omicron Studio was funded by members of the international musical fraternity in 1927. The building design is somewhat medieval in character, with an unusual cedar shingle pattern, a steeply pitched slate roof, intersecting gables, and small windows. After a 2016 deep-energy renovation, Delta Omicron is now one of the most energy efficient studio on the property…
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Firth studio in spring time. New grass and trees have been planted in front of the newly renovated studio, The large, red building sits on top of a hill and has a large screened in porch on its left side.

Firth

Originally a working barn perched atop the namesake hill of Hillcrest Farm, this building was converted to serve the arts in 1956. A grand set of windows was installed to make the large interior suitable for visual artists, bringing in abundant natural light from the north. The addition of a screened porch and accessible entrance ramp…
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Putnam studio on a bright, sunny spring day. The lawn is a lush, dark green and the trees surrounding the building are getting their leaves.

Putnam

The Graphics Studio (as it was originally named) was converted to its present use in 1972–1974 through a grant from the Putnam Foundation, and originally served the property as both a power house and pump house. Well water was pumped from a large cistern to Hillcrest, the Foreman’s Cottage, and the lower buildings closer to…
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Heinz studio in spring time. The large stone studio is tucked into a small hillside, amongst trees that are just beginning to get their leaves. The sun is shining brightly.

Heinz

The icehouse, built of fieldstone in 1914–1915, was a practical part of Marian MacDowell’s plan for a self-sufficient farm. Winter ice cut from a nearby pond was stored here for summer use on the property. Idle since 1940, it was a handsome but outdated farm building. In 1995, Mrs. Drue Heinz, a vice chairman…
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Heyward studio in spring time. The pathway to the door is lined with spring flowers and budding trees.

Heyward

The Lodge Annex, a wing on the west side of the men’s dormitory (The Lodge), was completed in 1926. Initially intended as an apartment for a caretaker, the space was soon repurposed as a live-in studio for writers. In recognition of a major endowment gift from the DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Foundation, Lodge Annex was…
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Van Zorn studio in spring time. The brick studio is surrounded by a forest where the leaves are beginning to come out. The ground is covered with the beginnings of grass and ferns.

Van Zorn (formerly Kirby)

Constructed thanks to a bequest from Sarah L. Kirby, Kirby Studio was the last new building to be erected during Mrs. MacDowell’s leadership (1907-1951). The load-bearing masonry walls were laid by local mason Augustus Beaulieu atop a fieldstone foundation. A 1995 renovation preserved the brick fireplace with wooden mantel and…
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MacDowell Studio in the spring time. A sunny day illuminates the studio. The trees are beginning to leaf out and the grass is starting to grow around the building

MacDowell

Built in 1912, Pine Studio was renamed MacDowell Studio in 1943 in recognition of support from a group of Edward MacDowell’s music students. It was built as a composers’ studio and the stuccoed walls were intended to be soundproof. Like many of the studios on property, MacDowell was winterized in the 1950s when the program began welcoming…
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