Cranbrook Tower, Guilford, Connecticut: Guilford was founded in 1639 by Puritans who purchased land from Native Americans represented by a female chief, Shaumpishih. The coastal…
Meriden, Connecticut: 1661 - Meriden area first settled when Jonathan Gilbert is granted land by Connecticut Colony and employs Edward Higbee to operate an inn.…
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…
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…
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,…
Housatonic Overlook, Orange, Connecticut: Housatonic Overlook offers a scenic hiking experience with five looping trails that lead to a stunning view of the Housatonic River.…
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…
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…
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…
Naugatuck Falls, Seymour, Connecticut: Many people on state highway CT Route 8 drive over this spot not knowing there’s a powerful yet tranquil waterfall below.…
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…
Lakesco Submersible, Milford, Connecticut: On Rogers Avenue are two identical Colonial Revival houses built in 1915 for the daughters of Simon Lake, an inventor who…
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…
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…
Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven, Connecticut: At the southern tip of New Haven's East Shore section is Lighthouse Point Park. The location used to be…
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…
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…
Prisoners of the American Revolution, Milford, Connecticut: On New Years Day 1777, a British prison ship released 200 war prisoners ill with smallpox on the…
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.…
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…
Simon Lake’s Explorer, Milford, Connecticut: Inspired by Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, engineer Simon Lake invented various submarines as far back as 1894.…
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…
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…
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…
840 Prospect Street, Hamden, Connecticut: Erected in 1933, this Tudor style mansion boasts six bedrooms and five bathrooms. While the house has 4,570 square feet…
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…
2150 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut: This single-family fortress in Westville was built in 1937. The mansion is 7,272 square feet on 1.4 acres with…
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,…
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…
32 Anderson Avenue, Milford, Connecticut: Built in 1925, this little tudor home has a Dutch gable roof, sometimes also called a “Jerkinhead” roof. View on…
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…
40 Bristol Street aerial view (Google Maps), 2022. The Bristol Company, Waterbury, Connecticut: At 40 Bristol Street in the Platts Mills neighborhood of Waterbury are…
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…
Washington Trail Marker, Wallingford, Connecticut: A brownstone historical marker and plaque commemorate two visits by George Washington as General of the Continental Army in 1775…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Zuppardi’s Apizza, West Haven, Connecticut: The story of Zuppardi’s began with Dominic Zuppardi. Dominic learned the trade on the southern coast of Italy. He came…
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…
Silver Sands State Park, Milford, Connecticut: In 1955, Hurricane Diane destroyed 75 homes on Milford’s shoreline. As a result, Connecticut’s State Park system acquired about…
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…
Soldiers' And Sailors' Monument, Milford, Connecticut: On Milford Green is a statue dedicated to American Civil War veterans. The monument’s 1888 dedication was a significant…
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…
281 Wakelee Avenue, Ansonia, Connecticut: Last sold in 1996 for $172,500, this single-family home was built in 1923 with modest Queen Anne Victorian features…
Guilford, Connecticut: "This Long Island Sound shoreline town is a combination residential and summer community. Five miles in width and 12 miles in length, 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 square feet,…
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…
Birmingham (Derby), Connecticut: Did you know? The Derby Center was originally called Birmingham. The town was settled in 1834 by Sheldon Smith and Anson G.…
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/
10 Alston Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut: This French country Tudor was built in 1928 in heart of New Haven’s Westville neighborhood. Within 2,806 square feet…
Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church, New Haven, Connecticut: Starting as a mission, Holy Transfiguration became a parish in 1915 on Dixwell Avenue. Then, the Orthodox community…
Beacon Falls, Connecticut: "The lands of Beacon Falls first appear in history when Milford was settled in 1639. Northern boundary of Milford was Beacon Hill…
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…
Ansonia, Connecticut: The city of Ansonia, located in New Haven County on the Naugatuck River, is in the lower Naugatuck Valley region. Though its development…
96 Killdeer Road, Hamden, Connecticut: Completed in 1928, this cottage-style home has European-inspired architectural design elements such as a Dutch gable roof. View on Instagram:…
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,…
West Haven Armory, West Haven, Connecticut: The former National Guard Armory at 511 Main Street was constructed in 1933 and remained an active military facility…
Hamden, Connecticut: "Incorporated in 1786, this town was originally part of New Haven and was named for John Hampden, noted English statesman. In 1798, at…
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…
Oxford, Connecticut: "Originally part of Derby, Oxford was settled by people pushing inland from Derby, Stratford, and New Haven. Land was acquired in five purchases…
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/
Charles H. Pond House, Milford, Connecticut: Charles Hobby Pond served as Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1850 to 1853 and after the resignation of…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge, New Haven, Connecticut: Commonly referred to as the Q Bridge by locals, this extradosed bridge carries Interstate-95 (Connecticut Turnpike) over the…
East Haven, Connecticut: This area, purchased by the Reverend John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton in 1638, was later known as East Farms. It was obtained…
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…
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…
The Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut: At Yale University in downtown New Haven is the largest and most comprehensive collection of British…
Woodbridge, Connecticut: "The town consists of portions of the colonial jurisdictions of New Haven and Milford. Founded in 1738 as the Parish of Amity, it…
West Haven, Connecticut: "West Farms (West Haven) recorded its first household in 1648. Part of the original New Haven Colony, West Farms became the separate…
Derby, Connecticut: "In 1642 John Wakeman established the first trading post in the Naugatuck Valley at the confluence of the Naugatuck and Housatonic Rivers. Edward…
Bethany, Connecticut: "In 1738 Amity Parish in New Haven and Milford, including most of present-day Woodbridge and Bethany, was incorporated by the General Assembly of…
Wallingford, Connecticut: "This territory was purchased by the New Haven Colony in 1638 from Montowese, son of an Indian sachem. It was named after Wallingford,…
Milford, Connecticut: "This area was settled in 1639 as an independent colony by a congregation of English Puritans led by their minister, the Reverend Peter…
New Haven, Connecticut: "Settlement of Quinnipiac, afterward named New Haven, began on April 25, 1638 with the arrival of a large group from London by…
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…
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…
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…