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.…
Weston UlbrichFebruary 15, 2024
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…
Weston UlbrichDecember 14, 2023
Tankerhoosen River, Vernon, Connecticut: Though few know it today, the Town of Vernon was once nicknamed Loom City. Before Vernon was incorporated from Bolton in…
Weston UlbrichNovember 29, 2023
Boothe Memorial Park & Museum, Stratford, Connecticut: On 32 acres in the Putney section of Stratford is a collection of 28 unique buildings within Boothe…
Weston UlbrichNovember 22, 2023
1. Judah Woodruff House - 37 Mountain Spring Road, Farmington This grand estate, also known as The Cedars, traces back to at least 1760. An…
Weston UlbrichNovember 6, 2023
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…
Weston UlbrichSeptember 21, 2023
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…
Weston UlbrichAugust 7, 2023
Stevenson Dam, Monroe, Connecticut: In 1917, construction began on Stevenson Dam connecting the towns of Monroe to Oxford. It’s still one of the largest dams…
Weston UlbrichAugust 5, 2023
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…
Weston UlbrichJune 24, 2023
Octagon House, Danbury, Connecticut: At 21 Spring Street is an octagon-shaped house built in 1852. In its heyday the home was the grandest of any…
Weston UlbrichMarch 2, 2023
Nathan Hale Homestead, Coventry, Connecticut: At 2299 South Street is the boyhood home of Captain Nathan Hale, the 21 year old American spy who was…
Weston UlbrichJanuary 30, 2023
Corning Fountain, Hartford, Connecticut: On the Horace Bushnell Promenade, in Bushnell Park is a Beaux-arts style fountain dating back to 1899. It was commissioned by…
Weston UlbrichJanuary 18, 2023
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…
Weston UlbrichJanuary 15, 2023
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…
Weston UlbrichDecember 19, 2022
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…
Weston UlbrichMarch 18, 2022
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…
Weston UlbrichFebruary 21, 2022
Tongue Point Lighthouse, Bridgeport, Connecticut: On the western shore of Bridgeport Harbor is a small black lighthouse nicknamed “The Bug” by locals. This beacon on…
Weston UlbrichFebruary 7, 2022
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…
Weston UlbrichJanuary 30, 2022
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…
Weston UlbrichJanuary 20, 2022
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,…
Weston UlbrichJanuary 4, 2022
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…
Weston UlbrichDecember 25, 2021
Hamburg Bridge Historic District, Lyme, Connecticut: It encompasses a small village which was of economic importance until about 1824, as the site of a bridge…
Weston UlbrichDecember 4, 2021
East Haven Green, East Haven, Connecticut: At the center of the East Haven Green Historic District is East Haven Green. The open space is bounded…
Weston UlbrichNovember 20, 2021
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…
Weston UlbrichJanuary 24, 2021
