Griswold, Florence, House - View this location on map From 1900 to 1915, Florence Griswold's house was one of the country's most important art colonies, and served as the center for American Impressionism. Among the many painters who stayed at the Late-Georgian house were Henry Ward Ranger, Louis Paul Dresser, Carleton Wiggins, William Henry Howe, Bruce Crane, Frank Vincent DuMond, Clark Voorhees, Henry Rankin Poore, Allen B. Talcott, Lewis Cohen, and Henry C. White. Miss Griswold, beginning a new life at age 49, provided shelter and a social center for the painters, who enjoyed living at this boardinghouse famous for its good table and its good times. By using the attic, accommodation could be provided for as many as 15 artists at any given time. 96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, Connecticut Historical

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