Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, Connecticut: On the banks of the Connecticut River in East Haddam is one of the state's cultural and artistic wonders.…
Sun Tavern, Fairfield, Connecticut: In 1761 Samuel Penfield bought 1.5 acres with “buildings thereon standing” from Thomas and Hannah Gibbs. He opened a tavern that…
Edward Roland House, New Haven, Connecticut: At 42 Academy Street in Wooster Square is an Italianate duplex built around 1865. The house is likely named…
First Congregational Church, Danbury, Connecticut: Long before American Independence, eight pioneers from Norwalk purchased land in Danbury from the Potatuck Indians in 1684. The colonists…
Cheshire Correctional Institution, Cheshire, Connecticut: The Cheshire Reformatory was established by the Connecticut General Assembly in 1909 and opened in 1913 after three years of…
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut: Founded in 1842, the Wadsworth Atheneum is America’s oldest public art museum. The story of the museum began with the birth…
Union Station, Waterbury, Connecticut: Notable for its Italianate clocktower, Waterbury Union Station first opened in 1909. It was designed by the acclaimed architectural firm McKim,…
Bryan-Andrew House, Orange, Connecticut: Believed to be the oldest dwelling in Orange, the Bryan-Andrew House was built around 1740. This aesthetically pleasing saltbox is highlighted…
Morningside, Milford, Connecticut: Milford's neighborhood of Morningside contains about a hundred acres perched above Long Island Sound. Local historians say that English settlers purchased the…
Silas Webster Robbins House, Wethersfield, Connecticut: The Silas W. Robbins House on Broad Street is a cornerstone of Wethersfield's Historic District. This French Second Empire…
Eels-Stow House, Milford, Connecticut: The Eells-Stow House is believed to be the oldest home in Milford. It is operated as a historic house museum at…
Boothe Memorial Park & Museum, Stratford, Connecticut: On 32 acres in the Putney section of Stratford is a collection of 28 unique buildings within Boothe…
B.F. Clyde’s Cider Mill, Stonington, Connecticut: Since 1881, B.F. Clyde’s have been making cider in Mystic, a census-designated place in Stonington and Groton. Husband and…
Wallingford Steel, Wallingford, Connecticut: In 1922, a group of local investors led by Frank A. Wallace and Edmund B. Cleborne incorporated Wallingford Steel Company at…
Deacon Joseph Ives House, Cheshire, Connecticut: On Fenn Road is the oldest house still standing in Cheshire. The pre-revolution, Cape style home was constructed in…
Ansonia Armory, Ansonia, Connecticut: At 5 State Street is a three-story armory in the Gothic Revival style. The State of Connecticut allocated $174,000 to erect…
Taylor Memorial Library, Milford, Connecticut: In 1894, the Taylor Memorial Library was built at 5 Broad Street in Milford. This Richardsonian Romanesque building was designed…
Cyrus Winchell House, Vernon, Connecticut: Once known as Elmsmere, this Queen Anne style mansion was crafted in the Stick Style in 1885. It's located at…
Pierpont Block, Shelton, Connecticut: On Howe Avenue in Shelton is an impressively large Richardsonian Romanesque style building erected in 1893. It was named for the…
Zachariah Curtiss House, Trumbull, Connecticut: In the quaint village of Nichols at 2950 Nichols Avenue (Connecticut Route 108) is one of Trumbull's oldest homes. The…
John Pitkin Norton House, New Haven, Connecticut: Now known as Steinbach Hall on the campus of Yale University, the John Pitkin Norton House John Pitkin…
Noah Webster House, West Hartford, Connecticut: At 227 South Main Street is the birthplace of American lexicographer Noah Webster (1758-1853). The two and a half…
Sheldon Tavern, Litchfield, Connecticut: This Late Georgian style mansion at 73 North Street was first built in the Colonial style for Elisha Sheldon in 1760.…
Judah Woodruff House, Farmington, Connecticut: This grand estate, also known as The Cedars, traces back to at least 1760. An virtuoso architect named Judah Woodruff constructed…
Stratford Shoal Lighthouse, Stratford, Connecticut: First erected in 1877, the Stratford Shoal Lighthouse is located halfway between New York and Connecticut in Long Island Sound.…
Benjamin Bradley House, Guilford, Connecticut: At 39 Boston Street is an Italianate villa erected in 1860. Its builder was William E. Weld who constructed a…
Elias Austin House, Durham, Connecticut: In 1743, Elias Austin* bought land from Robert Fairchild for 153 pounds and built a Colonial style house on Main…
Captain Daniel Francis House, Wethersfield, Connecticut: Erected in 1803 on Main Street by master builder James Francis (1767- 1852) of Wethersfield for his cousin Daniel…
St. John's Rectory, North Haven, Connecticut: At One Trumbull Place is a rectory (a pastor's residence) belonging to St. John’s Episcopal Church of North Haven.…
Bauer Hall, Bridgeport, Connecticut: This Queen Anne mansion overlooks Seaside Park in the South End of Bridgeport. It was erected in 1893 for Levi W.…
Abijah Carrington House, Milford, Connecticut: At 88 West Main Street is an ageless early-Colonial saltbox built around 1750. The property is a key part of…
267 Division Street, Ansonia, Connecticut: Erected in 1879, this home is one of the most vintage residences in town. The Folk Victorian style house is…
Ashmead-Colt House, Hartford, Connecticut: On Wethersfield Avenue stands an Italianate mansion built in 1859 for James Ashmead (across the street from Samuel Colt’s Armsmear). Ashmead…
Graynook, Bridgeport, Connecticut: Also known as Charles B. Baker House, Graynook is one of fourteen unique buildings in Bridgeport’s Marina Park Historic District. This Shingle-Style…
2095 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut: This grandiose Colonial Revival home roared into existence in 1920. The house has 13 rooms, 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms…
Connecticut State Capitol, Hartford, Connecticut: “Overlooking Hartford's 41-acre Bushnell Memorial Park, the Connecticut State Capitol first opened for the General Assembly in January, 1879. Constructed of…
Reuben Curtiss House, Southbury, Connecticut At 1770 Bucks Hill Road is one of Southbury's finest examples of Greek Revival architecture. Built in 1840, the house…
Judge George W. Wheeler House, Bridgeport, Connecticut: This oversized Dutch Colonial with a gambrel roof at 115 Park Avenue was built in 1904. It was…
Lavinia Parmly House, Bridgeport, Connecticut: In 1890, architect George Longstaff devised the largest house in Bridgeport at 219 Park Avenue. He created a Shingle Style…
Henry Laurens Kellogg House, Newington, Connecticut: In 1875, this Italianate abode was built on Willard Avenue for an entrepreneur named Henry Laurens Kellogg. He owned…
The Russell Memorial Chapel, Middletown, Connecticut: Located atop Indian Hill Cemetery is an ornate chapel built in 1867. Frances Russell donated the Gothic Revival place…
Jonathan Dickerman II House, Hamden, Connecticut: Nearby Sleeping Giant State Park is a historic house museum at 105 Mt. Carmel Avenue. Built in 1795 by…
Ithamar Parsons House, Durham, Connecticut: At 57 Middlefield Road is a Colonial house dating back to as far as 1733. Ithamar Parsons (1707-1786) lived here…
Tower House, Berlin, Connecticut: At 926-940 Farmington Avenue in the Kensington section of Berlin is an abnormal building built circa 1875. It was erected by…
Carrington House, Wallingford, Connecticut: At the corner of North Elm Street and Christian Street is an early Federal style house erected in 1824. Nowadays, the…
80 Kellogg Hill Road, Weston, Connecticut: This deceivingly new Colonial style home was actually built in 1987. It’s adorned with natural pine siding and a…
Stoddard House, Newington, Connecticut: This abandoned house was first built in 1844. The Italianate home at 43 Chapman Street was once the home of the…
Wadsworth Mansion, Middletown, Connecticut: This Gilded Age estate was built for Colonel Clarence S. Wadsworth and his wife Katharine Fearing Hubbard. They commissioned the mansion…
Meriden City Hall, Meriden, Connecticut: On East Main Street, Meriden’s first town hall was erected in 1854, costing $60,000. Following its dedication in 1858, Reverend…
41 Lafayette Street, Milford, Connecticut: This three-story Second Empire style home with a mansard roof was built in 1860. When it last sold in 1996,…
North Grosvenordale Mill, Thompson, Connecticut: On the banks of the French River and parallel to Connecticut Route 12 is an oversized mill. The unique complex…
Baldwin House, Milford, Connecticut: This Greek Revival style house at 67 Prospect Street has a unique backstory. When a doctor and his wife bought the…
Kirtland Hall, New Haven, Connecticut: At 2 Hillhouse Avenue is a four-story Classical Revival built of brownstone in 1902. One of New Haven’s most generous…
31 New Place Street, Wallingford, Connecticut: A rare example of an octagon house, this Yalesville home built in 1856 is one of two eight-sided dwellings…
William Coit, House New London, Connecticut: Captain William Coit’s residence was built in 1763 at 92 Washington Street. This Dutch Colonial has a rare bell…
40 Sill Lane, Old Lyme, Connecticut: An early Federal style home built in 1790. Any historical information on this house would be appreciated! View on…
Brainerd Academy, Haddam, Connecticut: At 133 Gunger Hill Road is an imposing building made of “Haddam Granite” and currently used as Granite Lodge No. 116…
James Dwight Dana House, New Haven, Connecticut: At 24 Hillhouse Avenue is one of Yale’s many historic buildings. This Italianate home was designed by New…
First Congregational Church, Bethel, Connecticut: Bethel’s first meetinghouse was organized in 1759 on Main Street when Captain Ebenezer Hickok donated land for a church and…
Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, Connecticut: Downtown at 955 Main Street is an old Episcopal church built around 1820. It was designed by Ithiel Town as…
149 New Haven Avenue, Milford, Connecticut: Built in 1900, this Folk Victorian style home can also be described as having “gingerbread” decorations, a term referring…
Ataraxia, Old Lyme, Connecticut: At 317 Ferry Road is a distinctive three bedroom, four bathroom estate called Ataraxia (a concept from Greek antiquity for an…
Charles Dudley Warner, Hartford, Connecticut: In Hartford’s Nook Farm neighborhood once stood the residence of famed author, Charles Dudley Warner. He was a travel writer,…
38 Garfield Road, West Hartford, Connecticut: This Tudor-stylized Colonial home was built in 1929. The four bedroom house was last sold in 1988 for $260,000.…
Hotel Bond, Hartford, Connecticut: Hotel Bond on Asylum Street was once Hartford’s most luxurious establishment. It was built in two stages in 1913 and 1921…
Municipal Building (City Hall), Hartford, Connecticut: At 550 Main Street is Connecticut’s most ornate Beaux-Arts building ever made for local government. Land for the Municipal…
Francis Hanmer Jr. House, Wethersfield, Connecticut: At 496 Main Street is a classic New England home erected in 1765. The first owner, Francis Hanmer Jr.…
Noah Hodgkin Jr. House, Guilford, Connecticut:At 52 Fair Street is a center-chimney Colonial-style saltbox built in 1770. It’s owner, Noah Hodgkin Jr. served in the…
Briggs-Stueck House, Middletown, Connecticut: At the intersection of Washington Street and High Street is a restored Queen Anne style dwelling. The picturesque abode was built…
The Gold Building, Hartford, Connecticut: Built in 1975, Hartford’s iconic One Financial Plaza is also known as The Gold Building. It's an architectural expression of…
Simon Smith House, Haddam, Connecticut: This Colonial Cape-style house at 974 Saybrook Road was built around 1745 - a year before Simon Smith married Eleanor…
Anthony Stow House, Milford, Connecticut: At 234 Gulf Street is one of five Dutch Colonial homes in Milford featuring a half-gambrel, saltbox configuration. The house…
Thankful Arnold House, Haddam, Connecticut: At 14 Hayden Hill Road is a late 18th century Dutch Colonial house museum. Distinguished by its gambrel roof, the…
Richard Mansfield House, Ansonia, Connecticut: At 35 Jewett Street is a turn of the 17th century Saltbox style house. The Colonial home was likely built…
80 Beaver Street, Ansonia, Connecticut: This Queen Anne-style mansion was built around 1900 when Ansonia was known as The Copper City and thriving machine manufacturers…
E.G. Robbins House, Wethersfield, Connecticut: At 161 Main Street is “The Charles” a fine dining restaurant set in a historic home of Old Wethersfield. The…
37 New Place Street, Wallingford, Connecticut: Built in 1857, this is one of two mid-19th century octagon houses on New Place Street in the Yalesville…
85 Park Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut: Within Marina Park Historic District is a modest Georgian style mansion dating back to 1921. Its late-period porte-cochère adorns the…
469 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut: In the heart of New Haven’s Edgewood community is this Queen Anne multi-family, featuring a round turret and fish-scale…
24 Washington Avenue, Seymour, Connecticut: This conventional Queen Anne style house was built in 1875. Once a luxurious mansion, the home boasts nine rooms within…
Dayton Johnson Place, Wallingford, Connecticut: At 200 Cheshire Road is a classic Colonial style house built circa 1730. The property also boasts an 18th century…
Albert G. Stark House, Mystic, Connecticut: On West Mystic Avenue is an eight-sided Italianate style house built in 1850 for Albert G. Stark, a general…
Thomas J. Clark House, Haddam, Connecticut: This Italianate mansion at 263 Saybrook Road is located in the Higganum part of Haddam. It was initially built…
Samuel Parsons House, Wallingford, Connecticut: At 180 South Main Street is a Dutch Colonial with two end-chimneys, and a red clapboarded exterior. The house is…
Mary Borden Munsill House, Hartford, Connecticut: At the corner of Wethersfield Avenue and Wyllys Street is a Gilded Age mansion built in 1893. The home…
Simon Hazelton House, Haddam, Connecticut: In the center of Haddam is Georgian-style house built in 1785. The home was first owned by a Revolutionary War…
Perry House, Stratford, Connecticut: At 1128 West Broad Street is a first-period colonial house built in 1690 by Benjamin Beach. In 1853, William Perry purchased…
Catlin House, West Hartford, Connecticut: At 1110 Farmington Avenue is a Dutch Colonial Revival mansion that last sold in 2001 for $535,000. The home was…
Mill House, Naugatuck, Connecticut: This tiny colonial-era home at 190 Field Street was built circa 1812 nearby Baummer Pond. View on Instagram: https://instagr.am/p/CavIiiKv6WD/
809 Forest Road, New Haven, Connecticut: This stone and stucco home is a side-by-side Colonial Revival erected in 1929. The house boasts 4,348 square feet,…
Timothy Boardman House, Berlin, Connecticut: A tailor named Timothy Boardman owned this federal house constructed circa 1790. Boardman employed a number of young men and…
The Ledges, Berlin, Connecticut: This oversized Colonial Revival at 845 Worthington Ridge was built in 1930 for George E. Prentice. An immigrant from England, Prentice…
Captain Stannard House, Westbrook, Connecticut: This ornate Federal style home at 138 Main Street was built in 1872 for a prominent sea captain named Elbert…
Eli Whitney Boarding House, Hamden, Connecticut: At the corner of Whitney Avenue and Armory Street, is a late Federal, early Greek Revival-style home, constructed circa…
Recently, I have stumbled upon a collection of postcards depicting Hartford, Connecticut. They date from the turn of the 20th century into the 1960's. Some…
Reverend John Cookson House, Middletown, Connecticut: At 61 Main Street is a Greek Revival home built in 1837 for John Cookson, pastor of First Baptist…
55 Governors Avenue, Milford, Connecticut: Erected in 1865, this Italianate home has early Victorian accents and a gabled roof. View on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CaA9z3RJQUp/
Salem H. Wales House, Bridgeport, Connecticut: The house at 528 Clinton Avenue in Bridgeport is an Italianate villa, built in 1848 and remodeled and enlarged…
20 Church Street, Hartford, Connecticut: “This downtown Hartford skyscraper, built in 1981 by Olympia & York, is an award-winning Connecticut landmark. With its distinctive…
Thomas C. Wordin House, Bridgeport, Connecticut: At 1139 Fairfield Avenue is a Gilded Age mansion first built for Thomas Cooke Wordin in 1892. Wordin was…
281 Wakelee Avenue, Ansonia, Connecticut: Last sold in 1996 for $172,500, this single-family home was built in 1923 with modest Victorian features and a…
Smith-Stiles House, Middletown, Connecticut: Located at 15 Pleasant Street is a Second Empire “double house” constructed in 1871 at the start of America's Gilded Age.…
Howard Curtis House, Stratford, Connecticut: This Italianate home was erected in 1876 on Main Street. Its original owner was Associate Justice Howard J. Curtis of…
Rimmon School House, Beacon Falls, Connecticut: At the intersection of Rimmon Hill Road is a one-room school house believed to have been built in 1779,…
Lucerne, Hamden, Connecticut: Built in 1906, this castle-like mansion at 20 Davis Street was designed by the architects Brown and Von Beren. The home was…
Deming-Avery House, Old Lyme, Connecticut: One of the oldest houses on the on Lyme Street, the Deming-Avery House was built in 1726. Additions have altered…
Florence Griswold House, Lyme, Connecticut: The home of famous art leader, Florence Griswold is a late Georgian-style mansion, erected in 1817. The 12-acre estate, was…
Travelers Tower, Hartford, Connecticut: The Travelers Insurance Company was founded by Hartford’s masonry magnate, James Goodwin Batterson in 1863 as the first casualty insurance…
158 Milford, Connecticut: Built around 1900, this minuscule mansard-roofed home is hard to miss in downtown Milford. View on Instagram: https://instagr.am/p/CY4VED1r07j/
Lynde Point Lighthouse, Old Saybrook, Connecticut: Also called Saybrook Inner Light, the lighthouse sits on the mouth of the Connecticut River. In 1802, the…
Cheney Building, Hartford, Connecticut: This Main Street mainstay was built in 1876. It was the masterpiece of Henry Hobson Richardson, known for his own…
Charles H. Pond House, Milford, Connecticut: Charles Hobby Pond served as Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1850 to 1853 and after the resignation of…
989 Neipsic Road, Glastonbury, Connecticut: This brick colonial was built in 1773. The property is on 1.6 acres bordering J.B. Williams Park and Gideon Welles…
Robert Robbins House, Wethersfield, Connecticut: This federal style home at 132 Broad Street is the Robert Robbins House. The red brick, two-story dwelling was designed…
North Dumpling Island, New York: Three miles off the shore of Groton, Connecticut, is North Dumpling Island and its lighthouse. Even though the island is…
Buttolph-Williams House, Wethersfield, Connecticut: Construction began on this vintage colonial in 1711 and finished by 1714. Originally thought to have been constructed by David Buttolph,…
Tuttle House, Naugatuck, Connecticut: In 1858, industrialists Bronson B. Tuttle and John Howard Whittemore formed a company eventually known as Naugatuck Malleable Iron. Tuttle’s home,…
130 Honeyspot Road, Stratford, Connecticut: Built in 1910, this disheveled two-story establishment was once home to Johnny’s Restaurant for more than 60 years until 2011.…
Duane Barnes House, Middletown, Connecticut: This Gothic Revival house on High Street, was built in 1848. Edward Duane Barnes commissioned the home to be constructed…
Bunny Fountain and Starkweather House, Trumbull, Connecticut: This unique fountain is located in the village of Nichols on the corner of Huntington Turnpike and Unity…
Christ Church, New Haven, Connecticut: Completed in 1898, the structure is among the masterworks of British architect Henry Vaughan (1845-1917), whose designs helped inspire the…
Gillette Castle, Lyme, Connecticut: The castle was a private residence commissioned and designed by William Gillette (1853–1937), an American actor, famous for his portrayal of…
Charles Fales House, Meriden, Connecticut: This Victorian era monstrosity was first built around 1887. It was the mansion estate of locally known shoe manufacturer, Charles…
Hartford Times Building, Hartford, Connecticut: First constructed in 1920, this historic Beaux-Arts gem at 10 Prospect Street was the headquarters of the now defunct Hartford…
Old Meriden High School, Meriden, Connecticut: The former high school now serving as the Meriden Board of Education building, was constructed in 1885. This Romanesque…
96 Curtis Street, Meriden, Connecticut: This antique colonial was built around 1800. The house features a vintage wood door and an off-centered chimney. There's good-sized…
65 Main Street, West Haven, Connecticut: This Queen Anne Victorian at 65 Main Street was built in 1890. Visit the West Haven Historical Society Website…
Thomas Nason House, Lyme, Connecticut: Currently For Sale: $695,000 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,304 square feet on 3 acres. 282 Joshuatown Road is on Connecticut’s…
Henry P. Kent House, Suffield, Connecticut: Built in 1872 on South Main Street for a tobacco merchant, Henry Phelps Kent this Second Empire style home…
Chidsey-Linsley House, East Haven, Connecticut: Built circa 1750, and renovated in 1790, this colonial cape is one of three architectural cornerstones of East Haven Green.…
Noah Fowler House, Guilford, Connecticut: This historic colonial home located at 3061 Boston Post Road is in desperate need of preservation. The house was built…
John H. Woodruff House, Plainville, Connecticut: At 53 East Maple Street is a late example of Greek Revival style architecture. This antebellum brick home was…
Parish-Gillett House, Branford, Connecticut: Originally built in 1734, this house has been altered with Queen Anne-style elements. It was erected for Ephraim Parish, Jr. and…
Whitney Ridge Stable, Haddam, Connecticut: This home in Haddam's village of Higganum is a modified saltbox, first built in 1780, fronting a large parcel of…
Solomon Goffe House, Meriden, Connecticut: On the east side of Colony Street still stands Meriden’s oldest house. Solomon Goffe of Wethersfield inherited land in Meriden…
James Blackstone Memorial Library, Branford, Connecticut: At a cost of $300,000, Chicago-based architect Solon Spencer Beman designed the library in the Neoclassical Revival style with…
Moses Beach, Wallingford, Connecticut: A luxurious home once stood proudly over 83 North Main Street. Constructed in 1850 and designed by architect Henry Austin, this…
Union Station, New Haven, Connecticut: New Haven’s main passenger railroad station was completed in 1920. The Georgian-style building was designed by noted architect Cass Gilbert…
The Quinnipiack Club, New Haven, Connecticut: In 1871, a group of twenty New Haven businessmen established the "Ours Club," which shifted around several downtown locations…
Olympia Diner, Newington, Connecticut: In 1954, the Olympia Diner on the Berlin Turnpike was established by the Jerry O’Mahony Diner Company, of New Jersey. The…
38 Shelton Road, Trumbull, Connecticut: This Federal style home was first built in 1806 with a center-chimney. Over the years, Italianate features like the…
Salvation Army Citadel, Manchester, Connecticut: At 661 Main Street the Salvation Army constructed a Military Gothic-style Corps (intended as a church) known as the Citadel.…
54 North Elm Street, Wallingford, Connecticut: Built in 1897, this stone and clapboard Dutch Colonial is 3,338 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths.…
60 Academy Street, Wallingford, Connecticut: Constructed in 1850 on 0.77 acres, the home is 2,823 square feet with 4 bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms. Borough Judge…
Nathaniel Stevens House, Killingworth, Connecticut: At 591 County Road, is a Colonial style built in 1764 for Nathaniel Stevens, a deacon of Killingworth Congregational Church.…
Nehemiah Royce House, Wallingford, Connecticut: Also known as the Washington Elm House, this historic home is located at 538 North Main Street in Wallingford. The…
134 Center Street, Southport, Connecticut: This palatial Southport home was built in 1882 for John Hoyt Perry, a prominent jurist, politician, businessman, and philanthropist. Numerous…
Coley Homestead, Weston, Connecticut: This estate was established in 1834 by David Dimon Coley on 15 acres of land leased from his father, Eliphalet Coley.…
Villa Rosa, Milford, Connecticut: In the Woodmont section of Milford, the estate of theater magnate Sylvester Z. Poli (1858-1937) was built in 1914. It was…
Hartford Electric Light Company, Hartford, Connecticut: The Hartford Electric Light Company began operations with a steam-powered electrical generating plant at 266 Pearl Street on April…