Ida Tarbell House
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Ida Tarbell House in Easton, Connecticut
, is a farmhouse that was the home of muckraker
journalist Ida Tarbell. She purchased the property in 1906 with proceeds from her two-volume book on the Standard Oil Company and lived in the home, which she called "Twin Oaks," until her death in 1944. Most of her writing after 1906 was done in the study on the first floor.
The house was declared a National Historic Landmark
in 1993.
Easton, Connecticut
Easton is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 7,490 at the 2010 census. Easton contains the historic district of Aspetuck....
, is a farmhouse that was the home of muckraker
Muckraker
The term muckraker is closely associated with reform-oriented journalists who wrote largely for popular magazines, continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting, and emerged in the United States after 1900 and continued to be influential until World War I, when through a combination...
journalist Ida Tarbell. She purchased the property in 1906 with proceeds from her two-volume book on the Standard Oil Company and lived in the home, which she called "Twin Oaks," until her death in 1944. Most of her writing after 1906 was done in the study on the first floor.
The house was declared a National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...
in 1993.