In 1957, Constant sold the house to the Greenwich Historical Society, and it opened as a museum in 1958. The society was able to acquire an impressive amount of material — objects, photographs and ...

Cob homes -- made of a ... in a process that is part group art project, ... This 2000 photo shows Linda Smiley in the cob house she and her husband built near Cottage Grove.

Cob houses – made of earth, clay and straw – date back to prehistoric times. Ex-art teacher Michael, a smallholder near Oxford, used only natural or recycled materials ...

Elena Naemit, visiting from NY, takes pictures as Docent Nancy Barker leads a tour of the Bush-Holley House at the Greenwich Historical Society in Greenwich, Conn., on Saturday August 17, 2024.

Cob houses are built according to a method thought to date back to prehistoric times, which uses only earth, clay and straw - and no power tools. Ex-art teacher Michael, who is now a rural smallholder ...

And some houses look very beautiful but must be like living in an art gallery. Our house is not like that.” Because the materials used in a cob house are found locally, people assume it’s a ...