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Touring Harkness Mansion

June 24, 2018 12:00 am • Last Updated: June 24, 2018 6:30 pm

By Sarah Gordon
Staff Photographer

s.gordon@theday.com

Volunteer Lisa Barry, right, talks about the breakfast room during a tour of the Harkness Mansion on Sunday, June 24, 2018 at the state park in Waterford. Tours of the mansion and gardens were offered by the Friends of Harkness as part of Connecticut's Historic Gardens Day. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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Volunteer Lisa Barry, right, talks about the breakfast room during a tour of the Harkness Mansion on Sunday, June 24, 2018 at the state park in Waterford. Tours of the mansion and gardens were offered by the Friends of Harkness as part of Connecticut's Historic Gardens Day.

Volunteer Lisa Barry shows a tour group a hidden refrigerator in the butler's pantry of the Harkness Mansion on Sunday, June 24, 2018 at the state park in Waterford. Tours of the mansion and gardens were offered by the Friends of Harkness as part of Connecticut's Historic Gardens Day. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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