On May 6, 1916, Theodate and John Wallace Riddle marry. Their honeymoon is an automobile trip through New England.
Hill-Stead Timeline
On May 7, 1915, the RMS Lusitania is torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat during World War I. Theodate…
On March 3, 1915, Theodate attends a hearing about the Suffrage bill at the Connecticut State capitol.
In April of 1914, Theodate becomes a guardian to a 2-year-old Gordon Brockway.
On August 13, 1913 the remains of a mastodon, the “most complete skeleton ever found east of the Hudson River”…
Alfred Pope passes away at his home of Hill-Stead on August 5, 1913.
Then recently former President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt visits Hill-Stead on June 11, 1911.
Henry James visits Hill-Stead on May 20, 1911.
From 1907-1909, Theodate plans and builds Westover School in Middlebury, CT.
Mary Cassatt visits Hill-Stead in December of 1908.