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Glass House + Noyes House Study Tour

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Friday, November 13, 2026 · arrive 12:45 PM; tour 1:00 PM; shuttle returns to the Visitor Center about 4:45 PM

The Glass House — Visitor Center

199 Elm Street, New Canaan, CT 06840Directions

Host: The Glass House (National Trust for Historic Preservation)Admission: Tickets: $150Before you go: Tickets via the Glass House website (Buy Tickets)Official details

A half-day study tour of two landmarks of New Canaan mid-century residential architecture: Philip Johnson's Glass House (1949) and the Eliot Noyes House (1954). Guests arrive at the Glass House Visitor Center at 12:45 PM; the tour starts at 1:00 PM and travels to the Glass House site by shuttle. After the Glass House tour ends at 3:00 PM, the group rides to the Noyes House for a 3:15–4:30 PM tour led by architect Fred Noyes, FAIA, son of Eliot Noyes, and the shuttle returns to the Visitor Center by about 4:45 PM. Tickets include both tours and shuttle transportation between sites.