Taylor Memorial Library, Milford, Connecticut: In 1894, the Taylor Memorial Library was built at 5 Broad Street in Milford. This Richardsonian Romanesque building…
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Cyrus Winchell House, Vernon, Connecticut: Once known as Elmsmere, this Queen Anne style mansion was crafted in the Stick Style in 1885. It’s…
Pierpont Block, Shelton, Connecticut: On Howe Avenue in Shelton is an impressively large Richardsonian Romanesque style building erected in 1893. It was named…
Zachariah Curtiss House, Trumbull, Connecticut: In the quaint village of Nichols at 2950 Nichols Avenue (Connecticut Route 108) is one of Trumbull’s oldest…
John Pitkin Norton House, New Haven, Connecticut: Now known as Steinbach Hall on the campus of Yale University, the John Pitkin Norton House…
Noah Webster House, West Hartford, Connecticut: At 227 South Main Street is the birthplace of American lexicographer Noah Webster (1758-1853). The two and…
Sheldon Tavern, Litchfield, Connecticut: This Late Georgian style mansion at 73 North Street was first built in the Colonial style for Elisha Sheldon…
Judah Woodruff House, Farmington, Connecticut: This grand estate at 37 Mountain Spring Road sits on 2.65 acres. Its construction traces back to at…
Milo Ives House, Wallingford, Connecticut: This historic homestead is an outlier of sorts and a bit of a mystery. The modified Cape Cod…
Stratford Shoal Lighthouse, Stratford, Connecticut: First erected in 1877, the Stratford Shoal Lighthouse is located halfway between New York and Connecticut in Long…
Benjamin Bradley House, Guilford, Connecticut: At 39 Boston Street is an Italianate villa erected in 1860. Its builder was William E. Weld who...
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Elias Austin House, Durham, Connecticut: In 1743, Elias Austin* bought land from Robert Fairchild for 153 pounds and built a Colonial style house...
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Captain Daniel Francis House, Wethersfield, Connecticut: Erected in 1803 on Main Street by master builder James Francis (1767- 1852) of Wethersfield for his…
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…
Bauer Hall, Bridgeport, Connecticut: This Queen Anne mansion overlooks Seaside Park in the South End of Bridgeport. It was erected in 1893 for…
Abijah Carrington House, Milford, Connecticut: At 88 West Main Street is an ageless early-Colonial saltbox built around 1750. The property is a key…
267 Division Street, Ansonia, Connecticut: Erected in 1879, this home is one of the most vintage residences in town. The Folk Victorian style...
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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…
2095 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut: This grandiose Colonial Revival home roared into existence in 1920. The house has 13 rooms, 6 bedrooms,…
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,...
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Reuben Curtiss House, Southbury, Connecticut At 1770 Bucks Hill Road is one of Southbury's finest examples of Greek Revival architecture. Built in 1840,...
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Judge George W. Wheeler House, Bridgeport, Connecticut: This oversized Dutch Colonial with a gambrel roof at 115 Park Avenue was built in 1904….
Lavinia Parmly House, Bridgeport, Connecticut: In 1890, architect George Longstaff devised the largest house in Bridgeport at 219 Park Avenue. He created a…
Henry Laurens Kellogg House, Newington, Connecticut: In 1875, this Italianate abode was built on Willard Avenue for an entrepreneur named Henry Laurens Kellogg….
The Russell Memorial Chapel, Middletown, Connecticut: Located atop Indian Hill Cemetery is an ornate chapel built in 1867. Frances Russell donated the Gothic…
Jonathan Dickerman II House, Hamden, Connecticut: Nearby Sleeping Giant State Park is a historic house museum at 105 Mt. Carmel Avenue. Built in...
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Ithamar Parsons House, Durham, Connecticut: At 57 Middlefield Road is a Colonial house dating back to as far as 1733. Ithamar Parsons (1707-1786)…
Tower House, Berlin, Connecticut: At 926-940 Farmington Avenue in the Kensington section of Berlin is an abnormal building built circa 1875. It was…
Carrington House, Wallingford, Connecticut: At the corner of North Elm Street and Christian Street is an early Federal style house erected in 1824….
80 Kellogg Hill Road, Weston, Connecticut: This deceivingly new Colonial style home was actually built in 1987. It’s adorned with natural pine siding…
Stoddard House, Newington, Connecticut: This abandoned house was first built in 1844. The Italianate home at 43 Chapman Street was once the home…
Wadsworth Mansion, Middletown, Connecticut: This Gilded Age estate was built for Colonel Clarence S. Wadsworth and his wife Katharine Fearing Hubbard. They commissioned…
Octagon House, Danbury, Connecticut: At 21 Spring Street is an octagon-shaped house built in 1852. In its heyday the home was the grandest…
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…
41 Lafayette Street, Milford, Connecticut: This three-story Second Empire style home with a mansard roof was built in 1860. When it last sold…
North Grosvenordale Mill, Thompson, Connecticut: On the banks of the French River and parallel to Connecticut Route 12 is a beautiful old mill…
Baldwin House, Milford, Connecticut: This Greek Revival style house at 67 Prospect Street has a unique backstory. When a doctor and his wife…
149 Pond Hill Road, Wallingford, Connecticut: This saltbox Cape built in 1750 was once owned by the Pogmore family for whom a nearby…
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…
Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, Connecticut: Goodspeed Opera House is a historic and cultural landmark along the Connecticut River. It was built in…
Nathan Hale Homestead, Coventry, Connecticut: At 2299 South Street is the boyhood home of Captain Nathan Hale, the 21 year old American spy…
31 New Place Street, Wallingford, Connecticut: A rare example of an octagon house, this Yalesville home built in 1856 is one of two…
627 Pleasant Valley Road, South Windsor, Connecticut: This tiny Colonial style house was built in 1820. It last sold in 2006 for $285,000. …
William Coit, House New London, Connecticut: Captain William Coit’s residence was built in 1763 at 92 Washington Street. This Dutch Colonial has a…
40 Sill Lane, Old Lyme, Connecticut: An early Federal style home built in 1790. Any historical information on this house would be appreciated!…
Brainerd Academy, Haddam, Connecticut: At 133 Gunger Hill Road is an imposing building made of “Haddam Granite” and currently used as Granite Lodge…
James Dwight Dana House, New Haven, Connecticut: At 24 Hillhouse Avenue is one of Yale’s many historic buildings. This Italianate home was designed…
First Congregational Church, Bethel, Connecticut: Bethel’s first meetinghouse was organized in 1759 on Main Street when Captain Ebenezer Hickok donated land for a…
1 1 The Sherman Building, New Haven, Connecticut: On Chapel Street is the upscale restaurant Union League Cafe...
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Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, Connecticut: Downtown at 955 Main Street is an old Episcopal church built around 1820. It was designed by Ithiel…
149 New Haven Avenue, Milford, Connecticut: Built in 1900, this Folk Victorian style home can also be described as having “gingerbread” decorations, a...
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Scovil Hoe Mill, Haddam, Connecticut: The D. & H. Scovil Hoe Company was founded in 1844 by brothers Daniel and Hezekiah Scovil Jr….
Charles Dudley Warner, Hartford, Connecticut: In Hartford’s Nook Farm neighborhood once stood the residence of famed author, Charles Dudley Warner. He was a...
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38 Garfield Road, West Hartford, Connecticut: This Tudor-stylized Colonial home was built in 1929. The four bedroom house was last sold in 1988…
Hotel Bond, Hartford, Connecticut: Hotel Bond on Asylum Street was once Hartford’s most luxurious establishment. It was built in two stages in 1913...
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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…
Francis Hanmer Jr. House, Wethersfield, Connecticut: At 496 Main Street is a classic New England home erected in 1765. The first owner, Francis…
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….
Justin Smith-Sweet House, Old Lyme, Connecticut: Located at 54 Lyme Street is a home built in 1710. It’s an example of Three-quarter Cape…
Briggs-Stueck House, Middletown, Connecticut: At the intersection of Washington Street and High Street is a restored Queen Anne style dwelling. The picturesque abode…
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…
Simon Smith House, Haddam, Connecticut: This Colonial Cape-style house at 974 Saybrook Road was built around 1745 – a year before Simon Smith…
Anthony Stow House, Milford, Connecticut: At 234 Gulf Street is one of five Dutch Colonial homes in Milford featuring a half-gambrel, saltbox configuration….
Thankful Arnold House, Haddam, Connecticut: At 14 Hayden Hill Road is a late 18th century Dutch Colonial house museum. Distinguished by its gambrel…
Richard Mansfield House, Ansonia, Connecticut: At 35 Jewett Street is a turn of the 17th century Saltbox style house. The Colonial home was…
80 Beaver Street, Ansonia, Connecticut: This Queen Anne-style mansion was built around 1900 when Ansonia was known as The Copper City and thriving…
20 Old Farm Road, North Haven, Connecticut: This massive Tudor style home was built in 1938. It’s 7000+ square feet with 6 bedrooms…
E.G. Robbins House, Wethersfield, Connecticut: At 161 Main Street is “The Charles” a fine dining restaurant set in a historic home of Old…
37 New Place Street, Wallingford, Connecticut: Built in 1857, this is one of two mid-19th century octagon houses on New Place Street in…
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…
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…
24 Washington Avenue, Seymour, Connecticut: This conventional Queen Anne style house was built in 1875. Once a luxurious mansion, the home boasts nine…
David Bushnell House, Westbrook, Connecticut: At 121 South Main Street is an early Cape Cod style home with a hip roof. Built in…
Dayton Johnson Place, Wallingford, Connecticut: At 200 Cheshire Road is a classic Colonial style house built circa 1730. The property also boasts an…
Union School, West Haven, Connecticut: At 174 Center Street is a former school erected in 1890 when West Haven was part of the…
Albert G. Stark House, Mystic, Connecticut: On West Mystic Avenue is an eight-sided Italianate style house built in 1850 for Albert G. Stark,…
Thomas J. Clark House, Haddam, Connecticut: This Italianate mansion at 263 Saybrook Road is located in the Higganum part of Haddam. It was…
Samuel Parsons House, Wallingford, Connecticut: At 180 South Main Street is a Dutch Colonial with two end-chimneys, and a red clapboarded exterior. The…
Mary Borden Munsill House, Hartford, Connecticut: At the corner of Wethersfield Avenue and Wyllys Street is a Gilded Age mansion built in 1893….
Simon Hazelton House, Haddam, Connecticut: In the center of Haddam is Georgian-style house built in 1785. The home was first owned by a…
Perry House, Stratford, Connecticut: At 1128 West Broad Street is a first-period colonial house built in 1690 by Benjamin Beach. In 1853, William...
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Catlin House, West Hartford, Connecticut: At 1110 Farmington Avenue is a Dutch Colonial Revival mansion that last sold in 2001 for $535,000. The…
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…
Timothy Boardman House, Berlin, Connecticut: A tailor named Timothy Boardman owned this federal house constructed circa 1790. Boardman employed a number of young…
Weston Ulbrich | CTRE.co | February 27, 2020 Erected around 1769, is an Oxford, Connecticut, home sitting on 5 acres. The property features…
The Ledges, Berlin, Connecticut: This oversized Colonial Revival at 845 Worthington Ridge was built in 1930 for George E. Prentice. An immigrant from…
Captain Stannard House, Westbrook, Connecticut: This ornate Federal style home at 138 Main Street was built in 1872 for a prominent sea captain...
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Eli Whitney Boarding House, Hamden, Connecticut: At the corner of Whitney Avenue and Armory Street, is a late Federal, early Greek Revival-style home,…
500 Central Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut: At the corner of Central Avenue and Burton Street is a Folk Victorian mansion that was built…
Recently, I have stumbled upon a collection of postcards depicting Hartford, Connecticut. They date from the turn of the 20th century into the...
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Reverend John Cookson House, Middletown, Connecticut: At 61 Main Street is a Greek Revival home built in 1837 for John Cookson, pastor of…
55 Governors Avenue, Milford, Connecticut: Erected in 1865, this Italianate home has early Victorian accents and a gabled roof. View on…
Salem H. Wales House, Bridgeport, Connecticut: The house at 528 Clinton Avenue in Bridgeport is an Italianate villa, built in 1848 and remodeled…
20 Church Street, Hartford, Connecticut: “This downtown Hartford skyscraper, built in 1981 by Olympia & York, is an award-winning Connecticut landmark. With…
Thomas C. Wordin House, Bridgeport, Connecticut: At 1139 Fairfield Avenue is a Gilded Age mansion first built for Thomas Cooke Wordin in 1892….
281 Wakelee Avenue, Ansonia, Connecticut: Last sold in 1996 for $172,500, this single-family home was built in 1923 with modest Victorian features…
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…
Howard Curtis House, Stratford, Connecticut: This Italianate home was erected in 1876 on Main Street. Its original owner was Associate Justice Howard J….
Rimmon School House, Beacon Falls, Connecticut: At the intersection of Rimmon Hill Road is a one-room school house believed to have been built…
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...
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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…
Travelers Tower, Hartford, Connecticut: The Travelers Insurance Company was founded by Hartford’s masonry magnate, James Goodwin Batterson in 1863 as the first…
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…
Cheney Building, Hartford, Connecticut: This Main Street mainstay was built in 1876. It was the masterpiece of Henry Hobson Richardson, known for…
Charles H. Pond House, Milford, Connecticut: Charles Hobby Pond served as Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1850 to 1853 and after the…
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…
Barns of Glastonbury, Connecticut: The Town of Glastonbury has been a farming community since 1693. There are about 30 recognized farms within the…
Robert Robbins House, Wethersfield, Connecticut: This federal style home at 132 Broad Street is the Robert Robbins House. The red brick, two-story dwelling…
North Dumpling Island, New York: Three miles off the shore of Groton, Connecticut, is North Dumpling Island and its lighthouse. Even though the…
Buttolph-Williams House, Wethersfield, Connecticut: Construction began on this vintage colonial in 1711 and finished by 1714. Originally thought to have been constructed by…
Tuttle House, Naugatuck, Connecticut: In 1858, industrialists Bronson B. Tuttle and John Howard Whittemore formed a company eventually known as Naugatuck Malleable Iron....
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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…
Duane Barnes House, Middletown, Connecticut: This Gothic Revival house on High Street, was built in 1848. Edward Duane Barnes commissioned the home to…
Morningside, Milford, Connecticut: In 1639, about 100 acres comprising the neighborhood of Morningside was purchased for the Town of Milford from Native Americans…
This unique fountain is located in the village of Nichols on the corner of Huntington Turnpike and Unity Road. It was created in…
Weston Ulbrich | CTRE.co | December 28, 2021 Hutchins House Listed in Greenwich Listed in April of this year for $15.9 million, the...
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George Fay House, Meriden, Connecticut: Also known as the “Painted Lady" the Fay House was built in 1865. George Fay was a local...
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Christ Church, New Haven, Connecticut: Completed in 1898, the structure is among the masterworks of British architect Henry Vaughan (1845-1917), whose designs helped...
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Gillette Castle, Lyme, Connecticut: The castle was a private residence commissioned and designed by William Gillette (1853–1937), an American actor, famous for his...
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Ezra Mather House, Essex, Connecticut: This Federal style house at 37 Main Street once belonged to a physician named Dr. Ezra Mather. The…
New London Ledge Lighthouse, New London, Connecticut: Built in 1909, this Second Empire style lighthouse with a mansard roof sits at the mouth...
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Charles Fales House, Meriden, Connecticut: This Victorian era monstrosity was first built around 1887. It was the mansion estate of locally known shoe...
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Hartford Times Building, Hartford, Connecticut: First constructed in 1920, this historic Beaux-Arts gem at 10 Prospect Street was the headquarters of the now...
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Old Meriden High School, Meriden, Connecticut: The former high school now serving as the Meriden Board of Education building, was constructed in 1885....
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96 Curtis Street, Meriden, Connecticut: This antique colonial with a vintage wood door was built around 1800, along with a good-sized barn (now...
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1630 Main Street Stratford, Connecticut: Erected in 1890, this Italianate-style home with 4 bedrooms and 2.5 baths sits on a half acre of...
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65 Main Street, West Haven, Connecticut: This Queen Anne Victorian at 65 Main Street was built in 1890. Visit the West Haven Historical...
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Curtis Fairchild House, Durham, Connecticut: At the corner of Main Street and Route 68 is a classic Federal style home with a crowned...
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303 Ferry Road, Old Lyme, Connecticut: Built circa 1900, this 5,289 sq. ft. mansion is a Gothic Revival style home with 5 bedrooms...
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Boxwood Manor, Old Lyme, Connecticut: Built around 1842, this brick mansion on Lyme Street was the estate of Richard Sill Griswold. He was...
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Bull Run Hill / Holtzman Home-Studio, Lyme, Connecticut: The giant barn known as Bull Run Hill at 421 Joshuatown Road was built in...
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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...
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Henry P. Kent House, Suffield, Connecticut: Built in 1872 on South Main Street for a tobacco merchant, Henry Phelps Kent this Second Empire…
Chidsey-Linsley House, East Haven, Connecticut: Built circa 1750, and renovated in 1790, this colonial cape is one of three architectural cornerstones of East…
Noah Fowler House, Guilford, Connecticut: This historic colonial home located at 3061 Boston Post Road is in desperate need of preservation. The house...
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John H. Woodruff House, Plainville, Connecticut: At 53 East Maple Street is a late example of Greek Revival style architecture. This antebellum brick…
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,…
Whitney Ridge Stable, Haddam, Connecticut: This home in Haddam's village of Higganum is a modified saltbox, first built in 1780, fronting a large...
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Solomon Goffe House, Meriden, Connecticut: On the east side of Colony Street still stands Meriden’s oldest house. Solomon Goffe of Wethersfield inherited land...
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Regina Cole | Forbes.com | November 19, 2021 House museums are a mixed bag: maybe the house is beautiful, but its owner’s...
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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…
Beach Memorial Library, Newtown, Connecticut: At 63 Main Street is the Beach Memorial Library. Built in 1900, it was a gift of Rebecca…
Moses Beach, Wallingford, Connecticut: A luxurious home once stood proudly over 83 North Main Street. Constructed in 1850 and designed by architect Henry…
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…
The Quinnipiack Club, New Haven, Connecticut: In 1871, a group of twenty New Haven businessmen established the "Ours Club," which shifted around several...
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Olympia Diner, Newington, Connecticut: In 1954, the Olympia Diner on the Berlin Turnpike was established by the Jerry O’Mahony Diner Company, of New...
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38 Shelton Road, Trumbull, Connecticut: This Federal style home was first built in 1806 with a center-chimney. Over the years, Italianate features...
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Salvation Army Citadel, Manchester, Connecticut: At 661 Main Street the Salvation Army constructed a Military Gothic-style Corps (intended as a church) known as...
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54 North Elm Street, Wallingford, Connecticut: Built in 1897, this stone and clapboard Dutch Colonial is 3,338 square feet with 3 bedrooms and…
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….
Nathaniel Stevens House, Killingworth, Connecticut: At 591 County Road, is a Colonial style built in 1764 for Nathaniel Stevens, a deacon of Killingworth…
Nehemiah Royce House, Wallingford, Connecticut: Also known as the Washington Elm House, this historic home is located at 538 North Main Street in…
134 Center Street, Southport, Connecticut: This palatial Southport home was built in 1882 for John Hoyt Perry, a prominent jurist, politician, businessman, and...
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Coley Homestead, Weston, Connecticut: This estate was established in 1834 by David Dimon Coley on 15 acres of land leased from his father,…
Villa Rosa, Milford, Connecticut: In the Woodmont section of Milford, the estate of theater magnate Sylvester Z. Poli (1858-1937) was built in 1914....
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Hartford Electric Light Company, Hartford, Connecticut: The Hartford Electric Light Company began operations with a steam-powered electrical generating plant at 266 Pearl Street...
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