Mission:

The Oliver Ellsworth Homestead, including Matthies Hall and twelve surrounding acres in Windsor, Connecticut, serves as a museum and educational platform where historic preservation, artifact conservation and archival materials can be studied and interpreted. The Homestead is owned by the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution, Inc. and managed by the Ellsworth Memorial Association, Inc. Board of Directors (EMA). Ellsworth Memorial Association is committed to offering educational and cultural programming to the local community and to diverse and multigenerational audiences. Through its museum offerings and special tours and events, the Ellsworth Memorial Association seeks to educate the public of the historic importance of the Ellsworth family in the founding and early years of our nation, and to interpret social and everyday life in Connecticut during that time. Oliver Ellsworth was the Third Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, a framer of the Constitution, Connecticut's first senator and the author of the Judiciary Act, which forms the basis of our present day federal judicial system.